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Here, you can find relevant news about the Catholic Church and follow the main events of Rome. In addition, you can learn about the Schoenstatt Movement’s activities that drive the Church’s life in the world’s most diverse continents. In this digital meeting place, we live “Dilexit Ecclesiam,” the love of the Church, in tune with the main themes and issues that move ecclesial life.

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

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Sisters of Mary at the train station in Zurich

Within the framework of an exhibition of religious orders and Church communities, called Monastery Market, the Sisters of Mary from Quarten, Switzerland, introduced themselves at the Zurich Central Station displaying the spirit of Schoenstatt and of the Church on the go, sharing their experiences in a spirit of unity.

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Synodality, Federative Character… Simplicity

The synodal journey of our Church challenges us to rediscover the richness of the first Christian communities, in which the experience of community was fundamental, not only because they “held everything in common “, but also because the inner dynamism, discernment and decision-making were the fruit of community work, which the pastors directed and coordinated.

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Ave Maria

What is the origin of the Hail Mary prayer?

The Hail Mary begins with the acknowledgment of our insignificance before the Blessed Virgin, exalting her as the full of grace and blessed among all women, and praising the fruit of her womb, Jesus. The second part of the prayer consists of a filial plea. With faith, we entrust ourselves to our Mother in the most decisive moments we can experience: the now and the hour of our death.

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10 years of Pope Francis’ papacy

A period marked by bold statements such as “culture of encounter”, “tenderness revolution”, “synodality”, “Church on the move” and many other terms, which have been translated, much more than in words, into tangible attitudes.

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nuevo rector

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.

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