Welcome to Schoenstatt
A Place, A Movement, A Way of Life, A Mission
News
The impact of organic thinking on business leaders
Schoenstatt’s mission applied to business for the leaders of a new world
June 15, 2021
Amoris Laetitia: accompanying by leading the way together
Summary of the second day of the Amoris Laetitia Forum
June 11, 2021
The beauty of marriage
The Pope expresses his desire that young people preparing for marriage have ‘the support of a Christian community.
June 2021
Solidarity from the Shrine in a very poor neighborhood of Guayaquil
Current of solidarity that emanates from our Covenant of Love!
June 09, 2021
The family feast AT HOME, in Germany, awakens creativity
The Schoenstatt Families Festival held at the Original Shrine, face-to-face encounter at Home as well as a virtual encounter
June 7, 2021
She is the great missionary. She will work miracles
The Pilgrim Mother Apostolate expands in Germany.
June 5, 2021
Africa: a continent going through recession but with an infinite potential
A continent that needs to be acknowledged in its dignity
June 7, 2021
Light for the world
Enthusiasm and joy during the first International Week for the Original Shrine
June 2, 2021
Girl’s Youth in Brazil fulfill their mission in the midst of the pandemic
120 young women from the whole country become instruments of change
June 2nd. 2021
Visit the original Schoenstatt
The word “Schoenstatt” comes from German and means “beautiful” (schön) and “place” (statt). The earliest known reference to this valley is found in a historical document from year 1143, where it is called “eyne schoene statt”, that is, a beautiful place.
Founded by Fr. Josef Kentenich in Germany in 1914, the shrine is a place where the Virgin Mary is invited for protection and influence.
“Open your heart for the spirit of God, so that He may change the course of the world.”
- Fr. Kentenich, Founder of the Movement
“I admired his openness, his concept of the Church by which he felt called to listen to the voice of the times, to question old and revered attitudes of the Church if they no longer seemed to communicate Christ’s message to the people of today. Possibly without being aware of it, he was a forerunner of Vatican II. However, everything he taught because of his love for the Church cost him a great deal of suffering… I believe that I met an authentic man of God, a saint.” Cardinal Raul Silva
Our Spirituality
Marian Devotion
Mary as the “swiftest, shortest, surest way to Christ” (J.K)
Shrine
“In the shadow of the Shrine, the destiny of the Church for centuries will be decided.” (J.K.)
Covenant of Love
“Nothing without you, MTA, nothing without us”
Capital of Grace
“For the body of Christ, the Church, I supplement in my earthly life what is still lacking in the sufferings of Christ.” (Col 1:24)
Everyday Sanctity
“I must be responsible for the realization of religion in everyday life. Workday Sanctity” J.K.
Practical Faith in Divine Providence
“Practical faith in Divine Providence brings us countless times during our everyday life into the most vivid contact with the living God.”
Our Life
To be a Christian means to be called to bear witness to God in this world. Each individual is called to do this in his or her own way, with his or her own abilities and strengths, in his or her own field of life. Schoenstatt wants to shape culture worldwide, to create a covenant culture that unites man with God in a new way.
There are five fields of life, which are particularly important to us. This is why we try to bring all our initiatives and projects around the world together:
