The Schoenstatt Movement has more than 20 organized communities that bring together priests, consecrated persons, laity, youth, and different types of vocations. This page is dedicated to sharing the life of these communities. We bring news from the Schoenstatt Leagues, Federations, and Institutes worldwide.
The Night of the Shrine gathered 350 youth at the Original Shrine, in Schoenstatt, from Friday, September 2nd to Sunday, September 4th. It was an unforgettable gathering to share friendships, music, theater, leisure time, and spirituality, and has been held since 2006.
International Schoenstatt Family Federation is gathered for its General Chapter in Hillscheid, at the Josef-Kentenich-Hof, its headquarters.
Addressing the General Chapter of the Schoenstatt Fathers, Pope Francis urges the religious priests to help find answers to the pressing questions of our time.
“We want to offer active support and accompany the youth in order to make possible their organic transition to other Schoenstatt branches or communities”
(Fraternal Letter – Pentecost Congress 2022)
A few days ago, Father Alexandre was elected Superior General of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers. According to what he told the Vatican website, this came as a surprise to him, since he was not present at the General Chapter.
In this month of August 2022, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Trinitarian Assistance by Father Joseph Kentenich in South America. What does this mean?
Fr. Alexandre Awi de Melo new Superior General of the Institute of Schoenstatt Fathers.
1200 missionaries went out this year in Paraguay to travel through ten towns with the Pilgrim MTA. They are the Schoenstatt Family Missions, who are celebrating 25 years of commitment to their apostolate.
The Institute of Our Lady of Schoenstatt recently celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding. This vocation consists of the call to consecrated life in the midst of the world, as a way of giving oneself for Schoenstatt and for the Church.
This summer and fall, some international communities of the Schoenstatt Movement will hold a General Chapter or General Congress. The elected representatives of the communities meet as the “highest collegial authority” to set the direction for the future course of the community, make binding decisions, and elect or re-elect community leaders.
Queen of hope and love. This is the title by which the coordinators, missionaries and families of the Pilgrim Mother crowned the Blessed Mother during her 10th Pilgrimage to the Original Shrine on July 10, 2022.
In our Guarani land, She has been carrying out her mission as Mother and Queen for 52 years and today she is crowned with the completion of a Daughter Shrine, a process of construction that took two years of hard work and that represents a true material and spiritual conquest for the family of Corrientes.
