Coming to Schoenstatt – it’s like coming back home!
Home has taken on a special meaning during the pandemic. The home office and homeschooling has meant that more time is being spent at home. For many families, this has meant more togetherness, more time for each other. The home shrine became the place that always encouraged people to go home to God.
“Coming to Schoenstatt is like coming back home.” This is what pilgrims, who now can return to the Original Shrine, – some after a two-year break – say. For many who had not come for a long time, the webcam in the Original Shrine was a way to at least get close to the Blessed Mother online. Through this technology, the Original Shrine became the center of the Schoenstatt family in the world.
The visit to the Schoenstatt Shrine is more than just a physical contact with the place: it is a homecoming. The grace of being at home, which is given here, can help to abandon ourselves with all our insecurities and fears into the arms of God and find peace of mind with him and his Mother.In preparation for the festivity, we are sharing here the diverse and ample program that will be offered in the Schoenstatt Valley, around the Original Shrine.
Program
Sunday, October 17, 2021
7:30 pm International Vigil at the Original Shrine
Monday, October 18, 2021
107th Anniversary of the Founding of the Schoenstatt Movement
10:30 am Celebratory Mass in the Pilgrims’ Church in German/English.
Lunch at the Pilgrims’ House
2:00-2:45 pm Alternative program
– Covenant of Love. I am interested. – Information and discussion
– Around the Original Shrine: things worth knowing. Wonders of our surroundings.
– Coming back home – impressions, meditations from Schoenstatt.
– Contribution to the Year of St. Joseph
– Confessions at the Pilgrims’ Church
– The Schoenstatt Mile – on the square behind the Pilgrims’ House
– Coffee at the Pilgrims’ House
3:15 pm Brief time at the Pilgrims’ Church and procession to the Original Shrine
4:00 pm Renewal of the Covenant of Love at the Original Shrine
5:00 pm Mass in Spanish/Portuguese in the Original Shrine.
Pilgrim MTA
Missionaries of the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign are invited to bring their Pilgrim MTA.
Transmission
Various activities will be transmitted by www.schoenstatt-tv.de
