Home Shrine Tag

PARAGUAY, Montse and Roberto Ramírez • We are Montse and Roberto Ramírez, we have been married for twelve years, we have two daughters, Sophia and Emma, ages 8 and 6. We have also belonged to the large Schoenstatt Family for six years. Today after living and feeling ourselves in Covenant with Mary, especially since we feel her special presence in our home through our Home Shrine (HS), we can say nothing other than “Thank You…” and we are more and more convinced that she is our security and our roadRead More
PARAGUAY, by Oscar Sandoval • When I became acquainted with María Teresa and Benjamín Cálcena’s Home Shrine and I heard them tell its story, I asked them if they could give their testimony about it. In that respect, Tere commented that in order to understand what their Home Shrine means to them, it is important to tell the story of how they entered the Movement: María Teresa tells her history My father was very ill, and they gave us a picture of the Pilgrim Mother so that she would accompanyRead More
By Maria Fischer and Ani Souberlich • “Thirty more stars were blessed on Friday, 12 May for the carpet of stars located at the north entrance of the Cologne Cathedral. The twenty-five small and the five large stars were donated this spring,” this was Cologne’s Domradio radio message. Among them, there was also a star from 1. FC Köln soccer team, the ‘Kölner Dom’ cultural foundation related. With the star of 1. FC Köln, two of Cologne’s passions grow closer: the cathedral and soccer,” commented Fr. Gerd Bachner, Provost ofRead More
GUATEMALA, Marta Cristina Pérez and Maria Fischer • The small and very active Schoenstatt Family from Esquipulas, Guatemala, just produced a nice video titled: “What is Schoenstatt?” where several members of this family gave brief testimonies about what Schoenstatt is for each one of them. Selfie of the radio team How is the life and apostolate of the Schoenstatt Family in Esquipulas? There are several Home Shrines, a great deal of parish activity, the Rosary Campaign, Couple and youth groups… Every Saturday, at 7:00 p.m., the Movement’s youths meet inRead More
Interview with Albert and Aloisia Busch, Germany, Schoenstatt Family Institute • You posed the topic of Belmonte during one of your meetings of the Schoenstatt Family Institute.  In what context? Albert Busch:  Yes, during the annual meeting of the German-speaking region in August of 2016, the topic was the missionary task we have to support in the Church and in the world  – we as the responsible and enlivening nucleus within the Schoenstatt Family Work.  Our meeting took on the character of a re-orientation in agreement with the memorandum, whichRead More
PARAGUAY, Rosi and Roberto Ruiz • The Blessed Mother had her eyes on our family long before we ever noticed. Looking back in retrospect, we verified many signs of her close presence, manifestations of her love, and of her call to which we responded with a yes before our boys belonged to the Boys’ Youth, and we were pilgrims without knowing it. We were concerned that the Blessed Mother sought a place in our home, since we had became a part of our original group “United to the Shrine,” andRead More
PARAGUAY, Dorys and Jorge Ortigoza • It was 2005; we were participating in a retreat about the Home Shrine during the initiation phase of the Schoenstatt Family Work. Fr. Déogratias Marahukiro (Burundi) gave a talk, and he offered the Sacrament of Reconciliation. Everything he told us about the Home Shrine touched us deeply, and simultaneously we both had the idea that it was the time to bless ours.  We approached Father Deo, we shared our idea with him, and we asked him to celebrate the blessing ceremony of our home. Read More

Posted On 07.05.2016In Covenant Life

Home Shrine Day

BRAZIL, by Sueli Vilarinho • On 15 April 2016, the Family League in Jaraguá São Paulo commemorated the anniversary of the Santa Maria Letter in their home shrines. This life current began in 2008 and is celebrated every year on the same day. Fifty-four couples participated in their homes. Couples who have home shrines invite couples from the Family League who don’t have home shrines and share a little bit about their family life. Joyfully they lived a Cenacle moment with the Blessed Mother and experienced the meaning of commemoratingRead More
MEXICO, Ligie and Memo Barragán • The Family Altar Campaign has emerged as a joint project of Course No. 8 of the Institute of Families from Chile, Nova Nazareth Patris, and Course No. 1 from Mexico, Nazareth of Guadalupe. The project’s desire is to take the treasure we have received in Schoenstatt to the Church and families who have experienced the richness of having a Home Shrine. It is a project that has the Holy Family as a model and that seeks: To go out and serve the Church throughRead More
CHILE, Verónica Bunster P. Published at www.mundoschoenstatt.cl • The jubilee graces have been experienced for some time around the Shrine and throughout the entire Family. Even with this experience, it was difficult to imagine that all the preparations, the joint efforts and the volume of contributions to the capital of grace would bring so much joy and blessings at the conclusion of the scheduled celebrations. A youthful kickoff– a celebratory crowning, cantata, play, and a standing ovation! Everything began with a prelude of eighty girls from the Girls’ Youth: inRead More