Altar for the Shrine in Temeswa/ Romania
The most beautiful gift for Our Lady: the altar for the Shrine
January 17, 2023
The most beautiful gift for Our Lady: the altar for the Shrine
20 Schoenstatt diocesan priests and friends of the Movement gathered at the Schoenstatt Shrine in Guayaquil, Ecuador for a moment of prayer, and then had a family-like encounter with Schoenstatt Fathers and Sisters and members of the Family Movement. An experience that filled everyone’s heart.
In view of the serious situation in Ukraine, many people and organizations are helping those living in Ukraine as well as the refugees. Among those helping are Schoenstatters, both in Schoenstatt itself, as well as in other places. We share here an account of the efforts of the Schoenstatt Fathers in Poland assisting refugees in their own home.
Schoenstatt is present in Serbia, an eminently Orthodox country. Progress is slow but the Blessed Mother is well equipped to establish herself and bring the graces of her Shrine to many homes.
For several years now, the San Rafael Parish of Villa Devoto has been celebrating Mass in a street corner of the neighborhood for the Novena of its Patron Saint. Nothing spectacular: a crossing of streets, a small house with an open door, a neighbor who provides a small table and a tablecloth, another one who places some stools… But isn’t it often the smallest thing, the most insignificant, the source of the greatest thing?
Burundi is a country located in the heart of Africa, near Rwanda, Tanzania and Congo and is smaller than all of them. It has very beautiful landscapes, with a nature that allows a rich agriculture and with a cheerful population, self-sacrificing and quite poor economically.
Sister M. Emilie had no fear of life or death. Many especially remember her radiant eyes.
Sister M. Monika tells us her first attempts at pastoral Ministry in a City near Memhoelz, Germany.
The Superior General of the Schoenstatt Fathers, Father Alexandre Awi Mello, blesses the foundation of the future house of the community in Lekki, Nigeria, a country that has given 32 Schoenstatt Fathers to the world, who are in Nigeria, Germany, England and Paraguay.
According to the “Belmonte News” of the Institute of Schoenstatt Diocesan Priests, Msgr. Eduardo Pinheiro da Silva SDB, bishop of the Brazilian diocese of Jaboticabal, has approved the reappointment of Marcelo Cervi, a priest of his diocese who belongs to the Schoenstatt Institute, for another three years to serve as rector of the International Schoenstatt Center and of the Matri Ecclesiae Shrine in Rome. This decision was taken by Monsignor Eduardo after conversations with the General Rector of the Schoenstatt Institute, Dr. Christian Lohr and Archbishop Emeritus Ignazio Sanna, who represents the Institute in Italy.
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 7th General Chapter of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, which has been in session at the Motherhouse on Mount Schoenstatt since September 8, 2022, has held more elections.
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