Fr. José Luis Correa Tag

NICARAGUA/COSTA RICA, Gonzalo Vega with Maria Fischer • The situation in Nicaragua escalates, day by day. Fr. José Luis Correa has written to Schoenstatters, before the first Nicaraguans seal the Covenant of Love, to give them encouragement and courage in this situation.— For several years, the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign has been present in Nicaragua. In April 2016, Fr. José Luis Correa and two couples from Costa Rica, Ronald and Giovanna Sauter and Gonzalo and Ileana Vega, were in Nicaragua for the first time. From this visit, and the continuous supportRead More
World Youth Day Panama 2019, Fr. José Luis Correa and editorial team • Between 6 and 10 June, delegates from 84 countries and various movements attended the second Preparatory Meeting for the World Youth Day (WYD) in Panama, convened by the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.— Six Schoenstatt members participated, among them Fr. Alexandre Awi, in his role as the Dicastery secretary and Fr. Romulo Aguilar – a Diocesan Schoenstatt priest – as the head of the local organizing committee. He made his Covenant of love with theRead More
WORLD  YOUTH DAY PANAMA, Fr. José Luis Correa and Maria Fischer • Towards the end of May 2018, the Schoenstatt Fathers responsible for the Boys’ Youth in the USA, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, and Paraguay met in Panama, together with Fr. José Luis Correa, for a day-long working meeting to plan themes linked to the presence and active participation of the Schoenstatt Youth at WYD Panama 2019. — The headquarters of the Schoenstatt Spirituality Centre is San Francisco de La Caleta parish, served by Fr. Romulo Aguilar, a Schoenstatt Diocesan priestRead More
PANAMA, Fr. José Luis Correa • Fr. Juan Olarte, a Schoenstatt diocesan priest in Colón, Panama, joyfully celebrated the May 31st milestone at his parish with a crowning of the Blessed Mother and eleven new Covenants of Love. — In the Schoenstatt Family, each May 31st, besides renewing the crusade of organic thinking, loving, and living as a Schoenstatt mission for the Church and the world, is always an opportunity to celebrate and assume new commitments, either in busy metropolitan places or in small communities. This year, Fr. Juan OlarteRead More
COSTA RICA, Fr. José Luis Correa • Costa Rica was a likely place, where for the first time at a Schoenstatters’ retreat, the new apostolic exhortation, Gaudete et exsultate (Rejoice and Be Glad), was the topic. — On Sunday, 8 April, fifteen men from the Men’s Branch had their afternoon retreat close to the Family of Hope Shrine. Fr. José Luis accompanied and inspired them with a personal meditation. Monday, 9 April through Tuesday the 10th, it was the Mothers’ Branch’s turn. Seventy-five women arrived at the St. Benedict retreatRead More
COSTA RICA / EL SALVADOR, Patricia Fernández de Perera • On Thursday, 22 February, a group of women from San Salvador visited a Schoenstatt Shrine in San José, Costa Rica for the first time. But why was the visit of these pilgrims so important? — They will be a part of a new group of women, the second one beginning their training in San Salvador, where the El Salvador Schoenstatt mission began in September 2017, as part of Schoenstatt reaching out and echoing our founder’s mission. From soccer to theRead More
EL SALVADOR, Isidro and Patricia Perera • Less than two months from the first anniversary celebration of our Family of Hope Shrine in Costa Rica, the first and only one in Central America, Fr. José Luis Correa, adviser to the Schoenstatt Movement in our region, visited San Salvador to meet with what could be considered Schoenstatt’s founding family in that country. Isidro and Patricia Perera and José Alejandro and Anelena Hueda de Martínez, accompanied him; the latter are speakers for groups of young professionals and talks for engaged couples. TheyRead More
COSTA RICA, Fr. José Luis Correa • On Sunday, November 12, the first members`circle of the Schoenstatt University Girls’ Youth from San José, Costa Rica, made their consecration in the Shrine ‘Family of Hope’, located in Santa Ana (Archdiocese of San Jose). The advisers of the Girls’ Youth from the capital of Costa Rica, Fr. José Luis Correa and Mrs. Rosa Lobo de Aymerich, presided. Sr. M. Amparao V., who is also an adviser of the Girls’ Branches of the Costa Rican Movement, sent her greeting from Bogotá (Colombia), whereRead More
EL SALVADOR, Fr. José Luis Correa • In El Salvador, Blessed Bishop Oscar Romero’s small country, there has been Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign missionary groups for decades. There is also a Mother’ Branch group, two groups for young couples, and a group of young professionals just starting – the latter having sealed the founding at the tomb of Blessed Bishop Romero. Now another important bit of impressive news arrived regarding this country, Mauricio Salazar shared: “I am writing at Ana Mercedes Gutierréz’ suggestion informing you with the good news regarding the startRead More
EL SALVADOR, Silvia Nasser • During his recent trip to El Salvador for strengthening and founding, Fr. José Luis Correa (a Chilean Schoenstatt Father, adviser to the Costa Rican Schoenstatt Movement, who accompanies Schoenstatt families from Central America) met with Fr. Jorge Soto, the pastor of a rural area of El Salvador on Coatepeque Lake, 50 kilometers from San Salvador, the capital. This priest is very open to Schoenstatt, and he supports all the initiatives. The Mothers’ Branch from El Salvador work there with the area’s children through a projectRead More