First: The relationship between the Ordinariate of Trier and Schoenstatt has been good and trusting over all these years. Archbishop Franz-Rudolf Bornewasser - whose first official encounter with Schoenstatt had taken place during the dedication of the Covenant Home in 1928 - was quite supportive toward Schoenstatt. The same applies to his Vicar General, Heinrich von Meurers. There were especially trusting relationships between Auxiliary Bishop Dr. Bernhard Stein and leading Schoenstatt representatives, so that Father Kentenich had come to the conviction that the Auxiliary Bishop could be chosen by Providence as a special instrument to understand Schoenstatt in its concern and to help pave the way for the Movement into the official Church.
The second point of view that plays a role here: Father Kentenich had returned from Dachau with the clear intention of doing everything on his own initiative so that the new life structure of Schoenstatt could be examined by the ecclesial authority and inserted into the legal organism of the Church.
Thus, it becomes understandable that the disputes about Schoenstatt were ultimately convenient for him. He wanted to use the occasion to encourage a thorough review. He had already suggested on his own initiative that Trier should appoint a confidant and send him to Schoenstatt. For Trier, this was also a possible way in which it could fulfill its duty of supervision after the urging of the Bishops' Conference. The possibility of a study commission was also considered.
During this time Father Kentenich was in South America.
On February 13, 1949, he wrote an official letter to Archbishop Rudolf Bornewasser asking him to send a confidant to Schoenstatt to study all pertinent questions. However, this letter came too late.