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The prayer that most represents Schoenstatt is the Little Consecration Prayer. Very simply, it summarizes all the content of the Covenant of Love. Here, a brief summary of its origins and significance is given.
In Germany, Covenant of Love preparation lectures are being offered online. This method has been used because of the pandemic, and it confirms how the virtual world provides us with an excellent instrument to evangelize and to spread the graces of the Shrine.
The Schoenstatt Movement celebrated a Requiem Mass for Pope Benedict XVI in the Church of the Holy Trinity on Mount Schoenstatt in Vallendar. In his homily, Father Lothar Penners briefly reviewed the life of the Pope Emeritus, highlighting his humility, warmth and his theological contributions to the Church.
Following the announcement of the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI on Saturday at the age of 95, we look back at his long life and its main highlights with the following official biography.
With the entire universal Church, the International Schoenstatt Movement mourns the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. We thank the Triune God for having given
With the entire universal Church, the International Schoenstatt Movement mourns the death of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. We thank the Triune God for having given
We celebrate the birth of the child Jesus who comes into the world to save us. Historically, the event is the same, year after year we celebrate the same thing and yet every year, Christmas is different because I am different.
Father Kentenich said of Joseph Engling that he was the living Founding Document of Schoenstatt. He lived the Covenant of Love with Mary with heroism. The house where he was born and his school, located in Prosity, Poland, are historical places that we can visit and where one can even stay. A new edition of “Joseph Engling Info-Brief” is being published.
“These have been the best two days of my life! This is beautiful,” said one girl about her experiences after two days of sharing with other children and their leaders in the Original Schoenstatt. This was a group of children from parishes in the suburbs of Cologne, preparing for their first confession and communion. Experiences that deepen their faith with communal and spiritual encounters.
“But what characterizes those who try “Being like the Immaculate Conception”, what moves them?
Both John Louis Pozzobon and Saint Juan Diego are humble, plain townspeople, God-fearing and devoted to Mary.
Every Mexican is a Guadalupano, every latino is a Guadalupano and that is because she, the Empress of America has chosen us as her people, her nation, her continent…
