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Seligsprechungsprozess Sr. Emilie Engel |
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Worldwide Covenant of Love - 1999
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Schoenstatt persons around the world are preparing for the most important Schoenstatt day of the whole year - October 18th -, the celebration of the Covenant of Love, sealed by Father Kentenich and the boys in the Original Shrine in Schoenstatt on October 18th, 1914. October Week in Schoenstatt In Schoenstatt, Germany, more than 1000 persons gathered for the Annual Leaders' convention. The October Week, opened on October 15th. The main intention of this week is to remember and relive the graces and experiences of the 31st May, 1999 celebrations in Bellavista, Chile, and to look forward to the beginning of the New Millennium as a challenge to joyfully share what we experience in the covenant of love. On the stage of the Aula, where the talks for the October Week take place, is a statue of Father Kentenich - from the Schoenstatt Father's Father House on Mount Sion. Everyone is reminded: Father Kentenich is the center of the Schoenstatt family. This family wants to bring his mission to the new era. On Sunday night, the participants of the October Week will renew the covenant with the Father and prophet, as it was sealed on May 31st in Chile, in Schoenstatt, and at many shrines around the world. On this night, the Father Symbol, that travelled to Chile and to many Schoenstatt groups in the world, will be placed in the Founder Chapel. The Adoration Church is decorated exactly as it was on May 31st. With joy and love, the Adoration sisters arranged the flowers in the same way as they were in May - in the colors of the Bellavista Anniversary sign -, and draped red material in the form of a shrine as a Cenacle Shrine around the picture of the Victress. A special gift reminding us of the 25th anniversary of the International Schoenstatt family crowning that took place on October 20th, 1974. The beautiful decoration made a special welcome to three persons from Ethiopia - a mother with her two daughters - who came to Schoenstatt for the first time on October 14th. They had visited the Original Shrine where they were invited to write their petitions and gratitude on a sheet of paper to be placed in the ceramic jar on the altar. Along with their friends from Fulda, the three visited the Adoration church and the tomb of Father Kentenich. The same day, one Schoenstatt member from Costa Rica, participating in a pilgrimage by bus, invited the whole group to visit Schoenstatt - not finding it at once, they ended up in Cologne, found the shrine there, and then decided to take the 1 1/2 hour detour to still try and get to Schoenstatt, just to be able to pray in the Original Shrine. Around the world, covenant celebrations have, are, or will take place on previous, the following or this weekend. See how: Many people would like to participate in the Schoenstatt events at Original Schoenstatt these days. You are invited to virtually join in celebrating and visiting the Founder Chapel, where the Father symbol will soon be placed. |
