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Welcome to Schoenstatt

A Place, A Movement, A Way of Life, A Mission

Schoenstatt Near You

A new kind of place of grace: Worldwide and near you, in the service of a better world

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Schoenstatt Life

A movement that has an impact on all cultures and creates synergies of good. Covenant culture.

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News

Goodbye old year, happy new man!

The certainty that God remains with us and has the reins in his hands.

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“We have seen his star and we have come to glorify him”

Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord: With the Wise Men we go to Bethlehem

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The Light of Bethlehem in Schoenstatt

A light travels through Europe, wanting to remind all those who see and receive it, of its contribution to peace in the world

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To Live and To Form Society as Laity in the World

Ernest M. Kanzler, Superior General of the Brothers of Mary Passed Away

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International youth united in the heart of Rome

Lisbon’s youth receive the World Youth Day 2023 cross

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Mother: you must lead our Family

Schoenstatt media community crowns Mary in the Original Shrine

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Fr. Bodo-Maria Erhard passed away to the Father’s House

One of the most prominent personalities of the Community of the Schoenstatt Fathers

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A different and unexpected Kentenich year

Both certainty and uncertainty characterise the path we are now taking with our founder

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Why Was There Silence for So Long?

Regarding the confusion surrounding the figure of Fr. Kentenich

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Videos

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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 The earliest known reference to this valley is found in a historical document from year 1143, where it is called “eyne schoene statt”, that is, a beautiful place.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.

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Capital of graces

“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

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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.”

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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:

Church

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Education

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Family

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Society

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Youth

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