A new mission for Europe
PRESS RELEASE 13.11.2022
International Meeting of the Friends of “Together for Europe” (TfE) in Porto, Portugal
Gleison de Paula Souza new Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, the Family and Life
Pope Francis has named Brazilian Gleison de Paula Souza, a professor of Religious Education at the A. Vallone School in Galatina, in southern Italy, as the new Secretary of the Dicastery for the Laity, Family and Life.
The Blessed Mother will take care of it! Let us be miracles of trust.
On November 16 we celebrate Father Kentenich’s birthday. There is no better way of remembering him than through the deepest experiences of his heart, based on an intimate love for Jesus and Mary, which allowed him to trust them blindly in the most difficult moments of his life. His example encourages us to live with a profound faith that Mary will take perfect care of everything in our lives.
Anniversary of the death of Father Albert Eise SAC
Schoenstatt pilgrims gathered in the concentration camp of Dachau to pay tribute to the memory of Father Albert Eise, 80 years after his departure in this camp, and to present him as an example of an unconditional dedication to Christian values and to the mission of the Schoenstatt Movement.
Parolin at COP 27: Hunger, conflict, climate and inequality “all interconnected”
Addressing attendees of the COP27 climate change conference, Cardinal Secretary of State Pietro Parolin says that “we cannot ignore” the link between the climate crisis and lack of access to food and water.
Business Sense
On October 29, the II National Congress CIEES Brazil was held with the title: Entrepreneurial Mission – When Success Meets Saintliness.
Schoenstatt Fathers bless the foundations of their future house in Lekki, Nigeria
The Superior General of the Schoenstatt Fathers, Father Alexandre Awi Mello, blesses the foundation of the future house of the community in Lekki, Nigeria, a country that has given 32 Schoenstatt Fathers to the world, who are in Nigeria, Germany, England and Paraguay.
Father’s pedagogy at the International Meeting of the Network of Kentenich Schools
As an initiative of the Schoenstatt Fathers, the Pentecost Foundation was created, to ensure that the Kentenich pedagogy seal is maintained in the Schoenstatt schools. Currently, 13 schools belong to the Network of Kentenich Schools. They have just met in Spain and Portugal to deliberate on the KPM, Kentenich Pedagogical Model, which provides an integral and organic pedagogy.
Dr. Patricio Ventura-Juncá receives important recognition from the Vatican
On Friday, November 4, Dr. Patricio Ventura-Juncá, regular member of the Pontifical Academy for Life and leader of the Schoenstatt Family Federation, will receive from the Faculty of Bioethics of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum the award “A Life for Life”, for having excelled professionally and personally in defending human life from natural conception to its natural culmination. He is recognized for his academic contributions and his profound moral values both in Chile and in international circles.
Austria celebrates the inauguration of its new Schoenstatt Center in Kahlenberg
350 people gathered at the well-known Schoenstatt Center in Kahlenberg to celebrate the inauguration of the new complex. In it, the figure of Father Kentenich has a central role, because of his pedagogy, because of the creative initiatives which he inspires, and so that we can experience him as a father.
Document of the continental phase of the Synod
The Vatican has published this week the Document of the Continental Phase for the next Synod. As reported on the Vatican News website: It is the Document, with the consultation of the people of God, which will serve as the basis, for the work of the second stage of the synodal journey, launched by Pope Francis in October 2021.
NOVEMBER | For children who suffer
We pray for children who are suffering, especially those who are homeless, orphans, and victims of war; may they be guaranteed access to education and the opportunity to experience family affection.