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Misioneros de Guanacaste
COSTA RICA, Hannia Espinoza •  A new year begins, and with it many important activities in the Schoenstatt Guanacaste family. — During the first days of January, two Pilgrim MTA’s were sent from the Family of Hope Shrine in Santa Ana. For this occasion, the group of couples number six from Guanacaste traveled more than 200 km to receive their Pilgrim MTA in the Schoenstatt group format and the second one in the work format. The second one will go on pilgrimage to a Costa Rican state hospital called HospitalRead More
San Antonio de Coronado
COSTA RICA, pjlc • Today, June 18th, Covenant of Love Renewal Day with the Blessed Mother, a group of 25 missionaries of the Pilgrim MTA from the Parish of San Antonio de Padua in Coronado, said their magnanimous YES to the Blessed Mother, sealing their Covenant of Love. — Father Reyner Castro always motivates to celebrate the 18th of each month in the Parish of St. Anthony of Padua in Coronado, in the province of San José, where he, a Schoenstatt Diocesan Priest, is the parish priest. He especially invitesRead More
Peregrinacion Boca del tigre 3
ARGENTINA, Esther Rígoli-Claudia Echenique • Under the motto “Mother, thank you for your love,” the Thirtieth Pilgrimage of Gratitude was held on Sunday, November 20th, from Crespo to Boca del Tigre, in the Archdiocese of Paraná. The Blessed Mother showed her great closeness to each one of her covenant partners, who were grateful for her presence and responded to the call to be part of the road. — This year we perceived an incredibly special grace because more communities, villages and nearby cities joined us. In addition to the mainRead More
Montahue
CHILE, Archdiocese of Concepción (Press release) • The Rosary Campaign celebrated a pilgrimage meeting on Saturday, November 26, at the Shrine of Montahue, located in the Recodo sector of San Pedro de la Paz. — Missionaries from different parishes of the Archdiocese of Concepción participated in the meeting along with the families that the Blessed Mother visits in her image in their homes. In this way, these families reciprocate the visit to their Mother in the Shrine. It should be remembered that the Rosary Campaign consists of taking the pictureRead More
ermita Goya
ARGENTINA, Inés Petiti • On December 8th, the missionaries of the Diocese of Goya, once again said their Yes to the Schoenstatt Pilgrim MTA. — For another year they gave their feet, their hands, their hearts, their whole being, to take Jesus and his mother to the homes, asking for the prayer of the Holy Rosary. Under the gaze of Our Lady of Itatí, patroness of the province of Corrientes, on December 8, they renewed the task and mission of carrying the Pilgrim MTA, producing a new Visitation with eachRead More
Hernando
ARGENTINA, Claudia Echenique / María Fischer • On the afternoon of Monday, August 15th at 3:00 p.m., the Mass and inauguration of the wayside shrine of the Blessed Mother of Schoenstatt took place in Barrio Alberdi (at the crossways of Entre Rios and Soldado Giraudo) in the city of Hernando, Province of Cordoba. The wayside shrine has a beautiful mosaic of the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt, made by local artists. — The mayor of Hernando, Gustavo Bottasso, other officials, members of the Schoenstatt Movement and of St. Joseph’s Parish,Read More
PANAMÁ, Fer Castro • The “Santa Marta” women’s group from Panama has been working very hard for several years to help strengthen Schoenstatt’s beginnings in that country. On 18 November 2016, the celebration of the first Covenant of Love group was held.  Twelve people (10 women and two men) sealed the Covenant of Love. (Photo above) A Pilgrim Mother celebration was held in the San Carlos community, province of Panama, on 18 October 2016, where pilgrims from Cabuya and Antón, Coclé province, have been participating in pilgrimages since 1993. ThereRead More
PARAGUAY, Amada Girett • “Mission accomplished Mother Thrice Admirable! Thank you for allowing us to be your little donkeys,” the missionaries from Santa Rita prayed upon arriving on pilgrimage on Sunday, November 12, at the Shrine of Terruño in Ciudad del Este. They renewed their missionary commitment, there was a census of the Pilgrim Mothers, and a group celebrated their Covenant of Love. Upon renewing the mission, they also prayed: “Just as one day you chose us to be your missionaries, today we continue to say, “Yes,” for one moreRead More
CHILE, Sr. M. Ivonne Latsague V.• Beneath a sky with sunny clouds and occasional drizzle singing “Mary is passing through here…” the missionaries arrived at the Ayinrehue Shrine in Temuco on pilgrimage from Valdivia, Vilcún, Cunco, Puerto Saavedra, Labranza, Angol, Victoria, Los Sauces, Padre Las Casas, Pillanlelbún, Carahue and other communities. They came for a regional gathering of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign. The Mother and Queen of Schoenstatt, the Great Missionary had convoked them to make a stop on the road, to gather the experiences of so many years ofRead More
ARGENTINA, Rosita Ciola • On Saturday, 11 March, the missionaries from the Diocese of Morón, in Greater Buenos Aires, met to begin this year’s activities. They began with Mass at St. James the Apostle of Haedo Church; Fr. Diego celebrated. In an atmosphere of profound devotion, the choir accompanied them; they expressed gratitude for the past year and prayed for their new year in which they will continue walking with Mary. After Mass, they shared coffee and sweet treats in the Borromeo School hall. They welcomed the missionaries who arrivedRead More