Brazil, JUMAS South-East Region, 16 November 2015 on 130th birthday of Fr Kentenich • The year 2015, when we celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the Schoenstatt Young Men in the South-East Region, was marked by intensive currents of life, in particular through the resonance of the centenary celebrations of the covenant of love. Among the many spiritual inspirations in the Region, one thing came more and more to the fore: our founder, Fr Kentenich. He was present in various ways, for example, in the motto of the Schoenstatt Family: “With
Read More BURUNDI, Fr. Banziriyubusa • About 500 Catholics attended the 130th anniversary of the birth of Fr. Joseph Kentenich, the founder of the Schoenstatt Family. It took place on the evening of 16 November 2015 at Mont Sion Gikungu. Fr. Félicien Nimbona was the main celebrant and he was assisted by four priests and a deacon at the Mass which began at 17:00 in the Eucharistic Chapel. At the start, Fr. Félicien Nimbona, the rector of the shrine, reminded the congregation of the reason for the celebration. “We have come,” he
Read More BURUNDI, Fr. BANZIRIYUBUSA, via http://montsiongikungu.over-blog.com • More than 800 Catholics, mostly belonging to Schoenstatt, attended the Covenant of Love renewal Mass on the evening of 18 November 2015 at Mont Sion Gikungu. The Eucharistic celebration began at 17:00 in the Shrine. Four priests and a deacon concelebrated with Fr. Herménégilde Coyitungiye, who was the main celebrant. Our God is a God with us, let us praise Him He is a God who is with us, a God of life, because he takes care of everything to do with His children,
Read More Fr. Joaquín Alliende Luco, via schvivo.com • More courage, more commitment, more death leaps into the unknown. Less of the beach caressing us and more surfing on the crest of the wave, not because we’re at the height of the wave, but because of the sheer intensity of the wave. I feel that sometimes, some of us remain near the shore dipping our toes but not throwing ourselves into the violent swell of our times. More surf, higher, more dangerous. We should not be interested in tired, well-worn, sleepy waves.
Read More Rome, Belmonte, Fr. Daniel Lozano • So far I have always written to you that Belmonte is our Father’s dream. Today the words of Pope Frances to children in the USA still echoes in my ears: The Sacred Scriptures show us the Believer as a person who dreams and creates peace. This has inspired me to say that our Father’s dream is also MY DREAM, OUR DREAM. Dreams …, yes, dreaming of the gift we want to give Fr Kentenich: BELMONTE. What happens to us when we have a wonderful
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ROME, BELMONTE, by Maria Fischer • It was in the evening of 7 September, during the conference of the General Council of the Schoenstatt Institute of Diocesan Priests in Belmonte, that a decision was taken not to wait any longer for someone to suggest a name for the third and hence last “unnamed” seminar room in the Father Kentenich House. The other two had already been named after Fr Franz Reinisch and Gertraud von Bullion on the initiative of the Friends of Fr Reinisch and the Schoenstatt Women’s Federation. The
Read More Fr. Joaquín Alliende Luco • The Synod on the Family has started. It’s autumn in Europe. Close to the Original Shrine, on the hillsides along the Rhine and Mosel rivers, it’s grape season. A place of wines and wine presses. We should order this differently: a place of wine presses and wines, because as we pray in Heavenwards: “Without the wine press, there is no wine…only dying wins the war (HW 150). We get liquid from the grapes only by crushing them. A very easy way of doing this is
Read More Today, Sarah Jehle responds: She is 25 years old, a member of the Schoenstatt Girls’ Youth from Germany, and studying journalism • Almost a year into the pilgrimage through the second century of the covenant of love…what is your dream for this Schoenstatt in who we are and where we find ourselves in the Church, the world, and in our mission? That the Church and the world would recognize the potential that Schoenstatt offers, specifically everything related to the development of the personality. Father Kentenich’s pedagogy can make a difference in
Read More By Sarah-Leah Pimentel, South Africa • One of my favourite church hymns has this chorus: “And they’ll know we are Christians by our love.” This reminds me of its antithesis. Mahatma Ghandi was once quoted as saying that he had great respect for Christ but did not have great regard for Christians. Ghandi’s comment touches the heart of what where we have often failed to be truly Christian. To be a Christian is not about the number of Masses we attend, the number of rosaries we pray or being involved
Read More Fr. Alexandre Awi, Brazil • Neither “conservative” nor “progressive.” Simply Church. There are “conservatives” and “progressives” among all of us, and these types also exist in the Church. Fortunately, the rich plurality of opinions and tendencies within the Church also finds a home within our Movement. We don’t find either Liberation Theology or the Mass in Latin detestable, because the Church also doesn’t. Whoever thinks it does should become more familiar with the official positions of the Church. There are people in our Movement who are sympathetic to Liberation Theology
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