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 published: 2007-02-22

The Blessed Mother's smile

The 18th in Schoenstatt – with a touch of spring and of carnival

 

18 de febrero: Renovación de la Alianza de Amor en el Santuario Original

February 18th: Covenant Renewal in the Original Shrine

18. Februar: Bündniserneuerung am Urheiligtum

 

Durante el día: oración con “concierto de fondo”

During the day: prayer with “background music”

Tagsüber: Beten mit “Hintergrundmusik”

 
 

Misa de Alianza

Covenant Mass

Bündnismesse

 

Durante la Misa de Alianza

During the Covenant Mass

Bei der Bündnismesse

 
 

Llegada de la procession

Arrival of the procession

Ankunft der Prozession am Urheiligtum

 
 

Todos se dirigen al Santuario Original

All are heading towards the Original Shrine

Alles strömt ins Urheiligtum

 
 

Libro de Alianza en el Santuario Original

Covenant Book in the Original Shrine

Bündnisbuch im Urheiligtum

Fotos: POS Fischer © 2007

Albúm de fotos – photo album - Fotoalbum

 

 

 

SCHOENSTATT, mkf. A spring like day was experienced on Sunday, February 18th at Schoenstatt; the first white bell flowers and crocus can be seen, there is sunshine, and the birds are singing again…Those who were praying in the Original Shrine at noon also heard an unusual sound: a few meters away, precisely in front of the Press Office, Vallendar’s carnival parade was formed, and the shouts and songs gave the prayer a touch of a "background concert" – and some of the people were sure that the MTA was smiling!

The Sisters of Mary, who were participating in their "Family Week", were in charge of the Covenant Mass. Several Schoenstatt Fathers and Priests of the Institute of Diocesan Priests, among them Monsignor Peter Wolf and two Argentinean priests concelebrated the Mass. Several pilgrims from Argentina, Ecuador, Croatia, Chile and other countries were also present –representing the international family. A group of the Boys’ Youth from Munich was "in the foreground"; they were in Schoenstatt to prepare spiritually for the Youth Celebration in Munich. Some young boys, who participated in the Mass along with their parents, made everyone happy with their little flags and their shouts!

60th anniversary of the Secular Institutes

As the main celebrant, Father Joachim Schmiedl, Spiritual Assistant of the Institute of the Sisters of Mary, congratulated all the members of the Secular Institutes during the initial greeting on the occasion of their 6oth birthday!. February 2nd was the anniversary of the publication of the constitution "Provida Mater" that is about the secular Institutes.

There are six Secular Institutes in Schoenstatt, and Father Kentenich saw this new form of consecrated life as an essential contribution to the Church on the new shores. In his homily, Father Joachim Schmiedl deepened Father’s idea about the Secular Institutes with four main points: The consecration to God bound with the Covenant of Love; the possibility to live alone and in the community of the consecrated life; the possibility of a broad professional and of lay apostolate of the consecrated laity of the world – "We must soil our hands in our service to the world", and with the commitment to Schoenstatt, Father affirmed.

Mario Hiriart, model of lay sanctity in the world

After the final blessing, everyone went in procession to the Original Shrine praying the Holy Rosary, preceded by the flags, the jars, and the Covenant Book. In the Original Shrine, one of the Brothers of Mary prayed a prayer of Mario Hiriart, a Brother of Mary from Chile, who is a model of living in the world as a consecrated layperson; after the renewal of the Covenant of Love, in the maternal language of each person, united to all the Schoenstatt Family and representing all of them in this place of grace, gratitude was expressed to the Blessed Mother for everything that was experienced, for everything that she gives us, for the conquests and the accomplishments in the apostolate during the past month, and asking the Blessed Mother to give many graces during Lent.

Translation: Celina Garza, Harlingen, TX, USA

Renewal of the Covenant of Love at the Original Shrine Audio
 

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