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 published: 2005-08-08

The Silence in the valley of Schoenstatt is broken!

A few hours before the start of the festival

Alegría de la juventud de Sudáfrica

Joy  of the girls from South Africa

Freude der Jugend von Südafrika

 
 

Peregrinos llegan con sus banderas y símbolos

Pilgrims arriving with their flags and symbols

Mit ihren Fahnen und Symbolen kommen sie an…

 
 

Grupo de Nigeria llegando al Santuario Original

The group from Nigeria arriving at the Original Shrine

Ankunft der Gruppe aus Nigeria am Urheiligtum

 
 

Peregrinos en el Santuario Original

Pilgrims in the Original Shrine

Deshalb sind wir hier

 

Coro musical de la misa en español del domingo

Choir that provided songs and music in the Sunday Mass

Sie hatten die musikalische Gestaltung der Messe am Sonntag übernommen

 
 

Trajes tradicionales adornan también las celebraciones

Tradicional cloths mark the celebrations

Viele sind in Landestracht gekommen und tragen sie bei den Feiern

 
 

Alistando los últimos detalles

Final preparations

Letzte Vorbereitungen

Fotos: Cabero © 2005

 

 

More Photos: www.pixum.de/members/schoenstatt18 and www.wjt.schoenstatt.de

 

WYD SCHOENSTATTM PCA. Whoever has visited Schoenstatt will surely remember the tranquility that reigns around the Original Shrine. However, the arrival of different delegations has transformed the surrounding into an atmosphere full of colorful life.

For several days delegations from all the participating nations have added their color and music to Schoenstatt. The international presence of the youth in the grounds of origin is simply making history in a special and meaningful way at this time.

Pilgrimage Sites

As one travels to the different places you discover the diversity of the world united through the Covenant of Love. You meet youth of different ages everywhere; many are in groups, some accompanied by their assessors, Sisters and Priests, others are looking for time to meditate, there are those who sing and of course they all want a souvenir picture.

All these pilgrims arrive at the Shrine with great illusion and joy to greet the Blessed the Mother; many bring their contributions to the Capital of Grace with them along with symbols that place in front of the altar, others come wearing name tags that identify them as a group and many are also carrying the flag of their country with pride, this attracts the attention of the others.

At the same time the delegations have their own celebration in the Shrine, it is beautiful to discover the diversity that exists in the world through these delegations, since each one has its own special touch of their culture and identity.

Another favorite site is Father Kentenich’s tomb inside the Adoration Church in Schoenstatt. It is a moment of personal encounter with our Father and Founder, and it is a very moving moment for many.

Several Masses were celebrated this Sunday and there were three main celebrations in the Adoration Church: one in German, one in English, and the third one in Spanish. During these days you can also discover great signs of devotion. For example, that of a pioneer,pilgrim from Peru. During the Mass he placed himself at the back part of the Adoration Church, close to a small holy water fount. He waited there alone for a special moment and he gathered holy water with his sword and with solemnity he blessed the symbols and the medals that he had brought. The meaningful acts are also part of the stream of life that surges in Schoenstatt during these days.

The organization

But the atmosphere before the celebrations also corresponds to time of preparation and revision of the last detail by the team in charge. All those who were responsible worked for the activities that were drawing near, however, the atmosphere was far from being tense and full of stress, it was rather an atmosphere of collaboration. In the midst of things there were unforeseen incidents and you could see how the collaborators ran from one side to the other, Priests and Sisters were coordinating things in meetings or by phone, people in the kitchen working in the dining halls, technicians installing equipment, etx.

The atmosphere was simply marvelous, Original Schoenstatt is adorned for a celebration and they were preparing for an encounter without precedence.

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