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At a ceremony in St Peter’s Basilica on Ascension Thursday, Pope Francis solemnly proclaims the upcoming Jubilee Year 2025, consigning the Bull of Indiction – “Spes non confundit. Hope does not disappoint” – to the Archpriests of the Papal Basilicas and representatives of the world’s bishops.
Bishop Devair Araújo da Fonseca, a Brazilian bishop, sealed his Covenant of Love with the Mother Thrice Admirable in the Shrine of Atibaia, in Sāo Paulo, accompanied by a large crowd of pilgrims. During a profound prayer, he expressed his contributions to the Capital of Grace and asked the Blessed Mother: “Give me a soul that resonates with the message of your Shrine”.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of April 2024, and invites everyone to pray for the role of women.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for March, asking for prayers for the martyrs of our day.
“We left the auditorium without believing what had happened,” said the young seminarians of the Schoenstatt Fathers who, without expecting it, were received by Pope Francis.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of February 2024, and invites everyone to pray for the terminally ill and their families.
Bishop Ricardo Hoepers’ testimony expresses a profound experience of faith: “There are so many people in the Diocese of Rio Grande who share in the experience of the Mother and Queen visiting their homes, that this has convinced me that the presence of the Virgin of Schoenstatt within the families is the surest way for a diocese, for a particular Church, to evolve and, above all, to be strengthened in the faith”. And he concludes: “In the Diocese of Rio Grande, the Mother and Queen visits practically every family, everywhere”.
Pope Francis has inaugurated a Year of Prayer ahead of the 2025 Jubilee, calling on the faithful “to intensify prayer to prepare us to live well this event of grace and to experience the power of God’s hope.”
Pope Francis entrusts his prayer intention to the whole Church for this month of December 2023: for people with disabilities. The Holy Father invites us to pray that “they may be at the center of society’s attention”.
A fraternal encounter between the Schoenstatt General Presidium and the General Leadership of the Pallottines marked the days of the meeting of the International Presidium in Rome.
Representatives of the Schoenstatt Shrines participated in the International Meeting of Rectors and Collaborators of Shrines in Rome. Among them were Father Ignacio Camacho, rector of the Original Shrine, and Father Marcelo Cervi, rector of the Belmonte Center.
The “Iubilaeum25” app is now available in six languages, including English. With it, you can keep up to date with all the news and register for the events of the Holy Year.
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