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 published: 2004-03-16

University Schoenstatt Youth growing in Milwaukee and Madison

Schoenstatt Youth from Chile is dedicating time and love into the start and growth of Schoenstatt University Youth in the Exile Land - in what they call "Operation Mario" and "Cencacle Mission"

Juventud Masculina y Femenina en el Santuario de Campanario, Santiago de Chile: inicio del 5° año de la "Operación Mario"

Schoenstatt Youth in the Shrine in Campanario, Santiago de Chile: opening of the 5th year of "Operation Mario"

Schönstatt-Jugend beim Heiligtum Campanario, Chile: Beginn des 5. Jahres der "Operation Mario"

Foto: Galarze © 2003

 
 

Javier Rodriguez y Juan Pablo Matte, en Milwaukee

Javier Rodriguez and Juan Pablo Matte, in Milwaukee

Javier Rodriguez und Juan Pablo Matte in Milwaukee

Foto: Fenelon © 2004

 
 

Misa de envío en Campanario

Mass of Sending-Out in Campanario

Aussendungsmesse in Campanario

Foto: Galarce © 2003

 
 

Michelle Meunier, una de las misioneras en Madison

Michelle Meunier, one of the three missionaries in Madison

Michelle Meunier, eine der drei missionarischen Jugendlichen, die in Madison eine Studentinnenbewegung aufbauen

Foto: Meunier © 2004

 

 

 

USA, Margaret Steinhage Fenelon. A Schoenstatt University Youth is growing in Milwaukee and Madison. Groups of students from Marquette University, Milwaukee, began meeting at the Exile Shrine every Friday night from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Some nights are better attended than others, but over all the holy hours have been a success, with the young men singing and praying together as they grow more deeply in love with the Mother Thrice Admirable. They’re hoping that the fervor will spread and that other students and members of the Schoenstatt Family will want to join them. It's the tenth team of young men from Chile ("Operation Mario") and the second of young women ("Cenacle Mission") who dedicate a semester's time in the USA to help start and grow the University Schoenstatt Youth.

There were some new faces at the Covenant Sunday celebrations. Fifteen of the Marquette students came to more acquaint themselves with the Schoenstatt Family; they truly enjoyed the experience.

"Workshop of the New Man"

The three groups at Marquette are doing very well. All of them are growing in depth and two of them are using "Workshop of the New Man," a gift to that came to the USA from the Boys’ Youth of Argentina via Bangalore, India, where it was translated into English by Matheus S. Bernardes, a course brother of Father Mark Niehaus and some of the other Schoenstatt Fathers seminarians who are studying there at the Schoenstatt Father’s Study House. Father Jonathan Niehaus reworked it into a more useful form for the United States. The workshop, a series of ten meetings, leads the group through an introduction to Schoenstatt and culminates in the covenant of love. Recently, Margaret Steinhage Fenelon adapted it for young women, naming it "Workshop of the Marian Woman" and has introduced it to the young women at Marquette who have been attracted to Schoenstatt through the Operation Mario teams. It’s also been passed on to the Chilean girls working on Cenacle Mission in Madison, Teresa Gueneau de Mussy, Michele Meunier, and Valentina Jensen.

This past January, the first group of students at Marquette discovered it’s name: "Fruit of Mario’s Vine; Laborers of the Shrine." On February 20, Benjamin Wilkinson, a member of Fruit of Mario’s Vine; Laborers of the Shrine was interviewed along with Father Jonathan for a news spot about Father Kentenich on Milwaukee Channel 58. Both did an impressive job during the interviews!

Years of Schoenstatt Experience

Team Ten – Javier Rodriguez and Juan Pablo Matte – bring years of Schoenstatt experience to the mission.

As team leader, 21-year-old Javier is a 3rd year engineering student at the University of Chile in Santiago. Javier was in Milwaukee during Schoenstatt Youth-Milwaukee’02 and attended the World Youth Day in Toronto (his third World Youth Day).

Juan Pablo, 22, is in his fourth year at the Catholic University in Santiago. He’s majoring in forestry and biology. Juan Pablo likes to say that he was born in Chile but grew up in Schoenstatt. His parents are members of the Family Federation in Chile and Juan Pablo has been in a young men’s group for eight years. The name of his group is "Chain of Fire, Torrent of Unity."

Cenacle Mission – A Light for the World

Team Two of Cenacle Mission – A Light for the World is already in place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Although the mission is still in its infancy, there’s much promise and excitement.

The new team of three – Valetina Jensen, Michelle Meunier and Tere de Mussy – has been working hard to establish a presence at the university and to form attachments with the students. Most of their efforts are focused on St. Paul’s Catholic Church, the center of Catholic campus ministry for the university, where they’ve been participating in some of the many activities and making new acquaintances. In the coming months, they hope to introduce the Pilgrim MTA on campus. The team is very practical and optimistic in their view of the mission; they know it will take some time to develop the same roots and progress that Operation Mario now celebrates.

Valentina Jensen is a 22-year-old Latin American Literature major. In her fifth year at the Catholic University in Santiago, Vale will complete her final thesis when she returns home at the end of the semester. As Vale points out, the mission at the University of Madison lies deeply in her heart, as this year’s motto for the Chilean Girls’ Youth is, "Immaculate Daughter, Cenacle for the World." Tere de Mussy is a 25-year-old business graduate from Santiago. She has two sisters and two brothers; her parents are also members of Schoenstatt. She also attended Schoenstatt Youth-Milwaukee’02 and is grateful for the experience, as it became a prelude for her commitment to Cenacle Mission – A Light for the World. Michelle Meunier is 23 years old and recently graduated from Los Andes University with a degree in primary education. For Michelle, Schoenstatt is essential to her way of life and world outlook. Her experiences during Schoenstatt Youth-Milwaukee’02 had a profound impact on her and is a major factor in her decision to come back to work with the university women.



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