America: New Continental Coordinators
Schoenstatt has new continental coordinators in America: Sr. M. Kathia Martínez and Fr. Felipe Ríos
On the Road to WYD: One Way to Make a Contribution
Preparations for WYD don’t stop in Lisbon, Portugal. And you can help: here’s a way to make a contribution
The Movements should have synodal dynamism
25 years ago, St. John Paul II convened the First World Meeting of Ecclesial Movements at the Vatican. Since then, a similar event has been held every year, sharing the riches that the Holy Spirit gives to the Church through the different charisms and renewing unity with the hierarchy of the Church
Schoenstatt takes part in the preparation of WYD
150 Schoenstatt youth collaborate as part of the WYD organization. The Lisbon Sanctuary will receive many pilgrims on the occasion of these celebrations
A new branch is founded in Brazil: Schoenstatt Deacons
When a new member is born into a family, joy overtakes everyone and enlightens their lives. In the same way, the Schoenstatt Family in Brazil experiences this joy with the establishment of a new branch in the Movement: The Apostolic League of Schoenstatt Deacons.
Opening of the beatification process of the Servant of God Father Hernán Alessandri Morandé.
On Thursday, March 30th, the diocesan phase of the process of beatification of the Servant of God, Father Hernán Alessandri, who died on December 18, 2007, was officially opened.
Will the youth of Brazil make it to World Youth Day? Let’s see what happened
78 Brazilian youth, members of the Schoenstatt Youth, paid for their plane tickets to participate in August in the World Youth Day -WYD- in Lisbon, and to visit the place of their dreams: Original Schoenstatt. But they received a shock: the tickets are non-existent, and now they find themselves stranded…. Or maybe not, because they decided to launch a campaign to make their dream come true. They are asking for a Hail Mary, and a contribution of 20-euro cents or a dollar. Would you like to give them a hand?
Interview with Father Heinrich Walter and Sister M. Cacilda: “The first stone of a great project”
Sister M. Cacilda Becker and Father Henrich Walter were interviewed by Sister. M. Nilza to gather their experiences and ideas about the seven years in which they fulfilled the task of being the first International Coordinators of the Schoenstatt Movement. Since Schoenstatt is a federative movement, their mission has been to exercise the office they assumed: coordinators, at the service of Schoenstatt’s life in the different countries of the world. Father Walter now ceases this responsibility and goes to Austria, while Sister M. Cacilda remains for a period of three additional years. Father Arkadiusz Sosna from Poland, a member of the General Council of the Schoenstatt Fathers, will take over for the Schoenstatt Fathers.
International Congress of the Family Work CIOF Paraguay 2023
With the motto FAMILIES IN COVENANT, HEART FOR THE WORLD, couples representing 20 Latin-American countries and a few from Europe, together with several advisors, will meet in the heart of America, for the 6th Congress of the Continental Family Work. More than 340 participants will gather in Asuncion, Paraguay from May 4 to 7 of this year.
Construction of a new Schoenstatt Shrine in Brazil begins. With Maringá there will be 24.
On March 25, the blessing of the foundation stone of the Shrine of Maringá, in Brazil, a city 650 km. west of São Paulo, took place. The Mass was presided by Bishop Severino Clasen and was attended by about a thousand people. The Schoenstatt Institute of Families will be the legal guardian of this new Shrine.
The European Congress of Schoenstatt Families meets in Vienna under the motto “Family – hope for the future”
After extensive planning, 350 representatives of the Schoenstatt Movement from 11 countries in Europe will participate in the first European Congress of Families. It will take place at the Schoenstatt Center in Kahlenberg, Austria, between April 28th and May 1st.
The Unity Cross has been stolen from the Bellavista Shrine in Chile
The Unity Cross from the Bellavista Shrine in Santiago, Chile, was stolen on April 2nd. Here we describe its significance.