
Sister M. Emilie’s secret: small and steady steps. To trust and take a leap
February 8 is the day of Sister M. Emilie’s Baptism (1893-1955), the most important day for her. She was truly tested in adversity and lived a life of holiness in joy.
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February 8 is the day of Sister M. Emilie’s Baptism (1893-1955), the most important day for her. She was truly tested in adversity and lived a life of holiness in joy.

The testimony of others helped them to find themselves and to fulfill their mission.

Father Alois Baumberger was entrusted by the Bishops of Cameroon with the responsibility of building a national pilgrimage center. He works with the pilgrims employing Schoenstatt’s spirituality, dealing closely with their experiences and needs.

As Christians hold a day of prayer for peace in Ukraine, Pope Francis prays that world leaders will work towards peace as political tensions rise between Russia and Ukraine.

The Family of Ecuador shared three days of festivities for the 50th anniversary of the blessing of the Schoenstatt National Shrine in Guayaquil.

Today, the day of St. Paul’s conversion, I am invited to look at my heart and ask God to transform me.

We Schoenstatters are an educational movement. We are liaison agents between science and life, theology and life, psychology and life, according to Father Kentenich.

Father Antonio Bracht offers us some recommendations to take a look at our spiritual life, a path that is traveled holding God’s hand and, with its ups and downs, teaches us that grace and the Spirit are present in our practical life and in our day-to-day life.

Argentina celebrated the 70th anniversary of the Father’s Shrine in New Schoenstatt with three days of in-depth reflections about the mission and the legacy of Father Kentenich.

On January 20, 1942, Father Kentenich decided to do nothing to avoid going to the Dachau concentration camp, rejecting a plan that could have saved him. He based his decision on his practical faith in Divine Providence, the voice he felt in his heart.

In the Original Shrine, at the founding of Schoenstatt, God manifested himself anew to his people through Mary with a specific charism and introduced his congregation in a special way into the great current of the universal covenant.

The Three Wise Men know a wisdom of life and of the way, not of ideas and books. They know how to interpret the “signs of the times” and to read life.