Apostolic League of Schoenstatt Mothers
Living Monstrances bringing Christ to the world!
Our branch
We want to bring Christ to the world through our being and actions
This is our ideal: to be a Living Monstrance! The Mother of God is the model we look up to; she is the Living Monstrance par excellence! Like her, we want to bring Christ to all hearts through our being, living, and acting.
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CONTINENTS
The Schoenstatt Mothers’ League is present in several countries in Europe, America, Africa, and Oceania
1946
FOUNDING
On the Feast of the Visitation, July 2, 1946, the branch was officially founded in Schoenstatt by Father Joseph Kentenich
Our profile
Mothers, wives, missionaries
The Schoenstatt Mothers’ League is made up of women who, as wives and mothers, want to grow spiritually and live out their faith in daily life, especially in their marriage and family.
Our model
A Marian lifestyle
We learn from the Blessed Mother to BE and ACT according to a Marian lifestyle, in the struggles of daily life, in the demands of family, relationships, work, home, and friendships.
Mary is our model – a model and ideal that has been given to us and to which we aspire with all our strength. She, the Immaculate, gives us the graces we need to live the ideal of being a Living Monstrance.
Symbol
Our ideal and mission
The object that symbolizes the Mothers’ Branch is the Monstrance.
The monstrance, also known as an ostensory, is the liturgical object through which the consecrated Host is exposed. The Mothers’ League has this symbol, given to it by the founder himself, Father Kentenich, because the mothers want to be a Living Monstrance, to bring Christ to the world through their being.
Each country or region has created its own model of monstrance, with different designs and shapes, to represent the branch.
The first Monstrance was made by mothers in Germany with jewelry saved during World War II, especially the wedding rings of husbands who died in the war. It was given to the Sisters of Mary on June 12, 1949 and currently remains in the Adoration Church in Schoenstatt.
Activities
Always in action
Contact
Our contacts in the world
Need more information?
Our contacts in the world
Mount Schoenstatt 8, Zip code 56179, Vallendar, Germany
+49 261 6506 2202
s-fm.de
info@s-fm.de