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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.
Having the courage to “not always be right” and accept other points of view is part of the synodal spirit. This is the reflection that Pedro Paulo Weizenmann brings up in his article. The young Brazilian and Schoenstatter is currently working in the Secretariat of the Synod of Bishops. The text is a synthesis of the original article, which was written for the scientific journal Regnum. The General Assembly of the Synod will take place from October 4 to 29, 2023, so let us accompany it with our prayers.
Pope Francis has published an Apostolic Exhortation building on his 2015 encyclical. We’re not reacting enough, he says, we’re close to breaking point. And he describes how care for our common home flows from the Christian faith.
Bishop Ramón Alfredo de La Cruz Baldera, from the Schoenstatt Institute of Diocesan Priests, is one of those summoned to the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which begins this October 4th. During an interview he tells us about his expectations for this great moment in the history of the Church.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of October and invites everyone to embrace listening and dialogue through the Synod.
“Rejoicing in hope” and “Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary” are the thems chosen by the Holy Father
We have an invitation for the entire Schoenstatt Family: Shall we pray together for the Synod? United with the whole Church and Pope Francis, we will have a special moment in Schoenstatt’s Original Shrine on September 30th. You are also encouraged to join your group in your country for a moment of prayer.
Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of September, and invites everyone to pray and assist people who live on the margins of society.
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