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Fundación de Madrugadores en Honduras
HONDURAS, Carlos Alfaro • With the founding of the first Madrugadores community in Honduras on Saturday, August 26, 2023, all Central American countries have at least one Community. — On August 26, the founding community of Madrugadores in Honduras met for the first time in the Parish of Cristo Resucitado, in the city of Tegucigalpa. Accompanied by their pastor, Fr. Javier Martinez, eleven men came to live for the first time this experience that puts them in contact, in this stream of life, with all the communities in 19 countriesRead More
Primer aniversario de los Madrugadores
GUATEMALA, Edgar Leonel Tórtola • It is incredible how time passes so fast; it seems that the week no longer has 7 days, nor the day 24 hours, so without realizing it we have reached our first year of Madrugadores in Guatemala. It has been a very gratifying experience and to see how our Mother continues to attract us and continues to do her work with each one of us. — We started with one rosary a month, then this year we decided to do two and lately we haveRead More
Madrugada bajo la lluvia, Ciudad de Guatemala
GUATEMALA, Edgar Tortola • We did not give up. This Saturday, July 26, the chapel where we are always allowed to pray the Rosary could not be used because a retreat was being held there, so we Madrugadores decided to hold the meeting in a public square known as Plaza Juan Pablo II, in Guatemala City. — However, we didn’t expect it to start raining during the night… It poured with rain in the early morning, and when we started, it continued to rain, although the rain was already lighter.Read More
Männerwerkstatt
GERMANY / AUSTRALIA, Markus M. Amrein/mf • The Men’s Workshop had once again invited to an online event, this time on the topic: “Life crisis that led to faith!” Jim from Sydney gave a touching testimony on how he experienced the gift of purity. — Jim J., German-born Australian, showed the participants that evening how the word of Jesus: “Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God” (Matt. 5:8) “how this word became very real to me and led me through some very personal encounters to aRead More
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Posted On 22.01.2023In Covenant Life

Manhood today

GERMANY, Peter Hagmann • The “Marienberg Forum”, an intercommunity event for men, will take place for the second time this year, from 10 to 12 February in House Tabor on the Marienberg in Schoenstatt. — The theme of this meeting will be “Being a man today…” and the influence that our encounter with Jesus and Mary has for us as religious men. The method will be to draw on the experiences of numerous personal and online meetings, and through very short, concentrated impulses, to enter into conversation and exchange. AfterRead More
Männerwerkstatt
GERMANY, Pedro M. Dillinger •  Our lives are accompanied by people who are models for us, who inspire, impress and influence us with their charisma, their irradiation. This is what the three monthly virtual meetings of the “Men’s Workshop” were about. —  The same thing happened on the second Sunday of Advent. Men from Germany, Australia, Spain and Brazil met at 8 p.m. by the end of the year to discuss and round off the theme “Charism of a fellow man who has influenced my life”. Which contents of theRead More
madrugadores Córdoba
ARGENTINA, Juan Barbosa • The Madrugadores, in Cordoba, gathered last night at the Eucharist to celebrate their first ten years since that November 17, 2012 when they began their early mornings of prayer and, since then, their biweekly meetings have never been interrupted. As they say, “many of us have not come to all the madrugadas but MARY… She has never missed any of them!”. Fr. Juan José Riba, currently 700 km from Cordoba, did not want to miss the event and celebrated a heartfelt Mass of thanksgiving. — Inside…Read More
Guatemala
GUATEMALA, Edgar Tórtola • Edgar Tórtola tells his real story of how he met the Madrugadores in El Salvador and how he was instrumental in their founding in Guatemala. — I am Guatemalan, but I was fortunate to work in El Salvador for 27 years at the cement company Holcim until I retired four years ago. At Holcim, I had the opportunity to work with Vinicio Reyes when I was in the concrete department, and little by little we realized that we needed to get closer to God. So, IRead More
Madrugadores Córdoba
ARGENTINA, Juan Barbosa •  In the midst of a pandemic and forced quarantine, the Madrugadores of the Holy Christ began their community with an enthusiasm that only Mary and the Holy Christ can inspire. With a paced growth, these men have great goals and not a few achievements. Their dream: to continue to grow and reach more men’s hearts! — God acts through second causes A visit to the then Archbishop of Córdoba, Mons. Carlos José Ñañez, motivated the Secretary of the Audience to express her interest in having MadrugadoresRead More
Congreso de Hombres
PARAGUAY, Roberto M. González • In September 2019, the second International Congress of the “Men’s Column” – Schoenstatt’s men’s communities – was held in Santiago de Chile, with Paraguay designated as the venue for the third edition of the Congress. — The Congress in 2022 will be held on August 19, 20 and 21 at the Tupãrenda Retreat House. It is a great joy and challenge to host this Congress that brings together all the branches and communities of the Schoenstatt Men’s Column in one place to create moments ofRead More