As an initiative of the Schoenstatt Fathers, the Pentecost Foundation was created, to ensure that the Kentenich pedagogy seal is maintained in the Schoenstatt schools. Currently, 13 schools belong to the Network of Kentenich Schools. They have just met in Spain and Portugal to deliberate on the KPM, Kentenich Pedagogical Model, which provides an integral and organic pedagogy.
On Friday, November 4, Dr. Patricio Ventura-Juncá, regular member of the Pontifical Academy for Life and leader of the Schoenstatt Family Federation, will receive from the Faculty of Bioethics of the Pontifical Athenaeum Regina Apostolorum the award “A Life for Life”, for having excelled professionally and personally in defending human life from natural conception to its natural culmination. He is recognized for his academic contributions and his profound moral values both in Chile and in international circles.
On the chilly evening of Monday, October 17, 2022 – the vigil of the celebration of the 108th anniversary of the founding of Schoenstatt – the Bishop of the Diocese of Madison, Rev. Donald Hying and the National Delegate Superior of the Schoenstatt Fathers, Fr. Mark Niehaus celebrated Mass on the grounds of the Founder Shrine in Madison, Wisconsin.
Assisted by young Portuguese university students presenting a tablet for him, Pope Francis at the Angleus on Sunday registers for the forthcoming World Youth Day in Lisbon, Portugual, August 2023.
At the October Conference of the German Schoenstatt Movement, the initiatives of the second International Pentecost Congress, which took place in June 2022, were revisited as part of an overview on the life of the Movement.
The Girls’ Youth of Mexico had their annual leaders’ conference, in which they deeply reflected on their ideal: “Reginae sum – I belong to the Queen”, which led them to delve into the value of having Mary as queen, who imparts to her allies the dignity of the children of God, her nobility, awakening the vocation to become testimonies of love.
Schoenstatt in Argentina is celebrating its 70th anniversary of the blessing of its first Schoenstatt Shrine, which is now a national shrine, blessed in 1952 by Father Kentenich. Under the motto “Mother, descend, remain with us”, there will be 10 days of inner growth and celebrations, with two bishops, a batucada, a band, a pilgrimage, The Father’s Pathway and…. unbelievable! a personal greeting from Pope Francis!
This coming October 18th, Schoenstatt will celebrate 108 years of existence. Yes! 108 years since the first Covenant of Love with Mary. The international Schoenstatt family is invited to celebrate together, starting with a novena, and participating virtually in the celebrations at the Original Schoenstatt on the very 18th of October.
25th Anniversary of the Pilgrim Mother Apostolate in Germany
The Schoenstatt Shrine in Atibaia, Brazil, whose mission is to be a Tabor Shrine of the Permanent Presence of the Father, celebrates its Golden Jubilee. More than 4,000 pilgrims participated in this celebration.
150 leaders from 12 countries commit themselves to become missionaries from the Shrine to the workplace.
It brings together representatives who work in the communication fields of the Schoenstatt Movement.
A Place, a Movement, a Way of Life, a Mission
