Abundance of Challenges: A Spiritual Perspective
In view of the (over)abundance of challenges to find a spiritual perspective, Father Peter Falk, diocesan priest of the Schoenstatt Institute and head of the Schoenstatt Family Movement in the Archdiocese of Freiburg, was invited to offer suggestions to the participants.
Fr. Joseph Kentenich and the meaning of life
Our history in Schoenstatt is also marked by the profound suffering that our founder experienced in the concentration camp. After his courageous acceptance of the cross, Father Joseph Kentenich went through years of difficult trials, trusting fully in Divine Providence and in Mary’s loving protection.
Invitation to the Leading to Love Seminar
THE INSTITUTE OF FAMILIES OF SCHOENSTATT INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEMINAR “LEADING TO LOVE”
The challenge of being a Woman
Schoenstatt constantly poses how to apply the principles of the Movement and F. Kentenich’s vision regarding specific topics in current times. It is not about repeating phrases, but rather about prophetically analyzing the application of principles and values to our times, so that we may have an answer to our temporal reality.
Fr. Ignacio Camacho, new rector of the Original Shrine
Father Ignacio Camacho, a Chilean from the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, was appointed to this task by the Bishop of the Diocese of Trier, Monsignor Stephan Ackermann. He will be responsible for the pastoral and administrative life of Schoenstatt’s international center, its Original Shrine, for the next three years.
Fr. Pablo Pol concludes his duties as Rector of the Original Shrine
He says: “The most impressive thing is to see how the Shrine impacts people’s lives”
Ukraine: Is synodality possible amid war?
Monsignor Yazlovetskiy, auxiliary bishop of Kiev, states that the war did not divide the Church in Ukraine, and that they have not been able to work with the document for the Continental Stage on the Synod, but that they do live synodality in their proximity to those who suffer.
Ukraine: Is synodality possible amid war?
Monsignor Yazlovetskiy, auxiliary bishop of Kiev, states that the war did not divide the Church in Ukraine, and that they have not been able to work with the document for the Continental Stage on the Synod, but that they do live synodality in their proximity to those who suffer.
Europe gathers in Prague for the continental phase of the Synod
Pope Francis launched the World Synod of Bishops in October 2021 as a four-year worldwide process. As part of the continental preparatory phase, a conference organized by the Council of the Bishops’ Conferences of Europe (CCEE) was held in Prague from February 5-12.
Jesus Moves in Here
Sister M. Monika tells us her first attempts at pastoral Ministry in a City near Memhoelz, Germany.
What is happening with Fr. Kentenich 54 years after his departure
Fr. Eduardo Aguirre, postulator of the cause for the canonization of Fr. Joseph Kentenich, founder of the Schoenstatt Movement, celebrated a Mass on September 15 in the Original Shrine of Schoenstatt, in Germany, where the movement was founded in 1914. The celebration took place 54 years after the death of the founder. The date coincided with the liturgical celebration of Our Lady of Sorrows.
‘Young people must go in haste to others, just like Mary’
Pope Francis releases a third message for World Youth Day 2022 – 2023, to be held in Lisbon in 2023, after being postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and urges young people to follow in the footsteps of Our Lady, going in haste to others and dedicating our lives to Jesus.