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Listening and Fasting: Message of Pope Leo XIV for Lent 2026
In 2026, the Pope invites us to a different kind of fasting: abstaining from words that offend and hurt our neighbor.
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Your shrine – a gift to the world!
Ten years ago, we were preparing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of our founding as a Schoenstatt Family. On October 18, 2014, we wanted to go on pilgrimage to Schoenstatt to celebrate and renew the Covenant of Love that Father Kentenich and the first sodalists had sealed in the Shrine.
Final preparations: Paraguay expects 154 couples for the Congress of Families
With the motto “Family in Covenant, heart for the world”, the members of the Schoenstatt Movement in Paraguay are expecting 154 couples between May 4th and 7th for the CIOF, International Congress of the Schoenstatt Family Movement.
September 8th: established by law as the Day of the Men’s Rosary
The Men’s Rosary in Brazil is a national apostolate in which the Schoenstatt Movement participates in large numbers. Recently a national law has been passed declaring September 8th as Men’s Rosary Day. In Schoenstatt, this apostolate is known as Mother and Queen Men’s Rosary.
The Archdiocese of Vienna announces the Mass for Families in St. Stephen’s Cathedral, organized by the Schoenstatt Family Work
Christian families are providing a powerful demonstration. On May 1st at 12:00 noon, Christian families from all over Europe will participate in a festive Mass in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna.
The Archdiocese of Vienna announces the Mass for Families in St. Stephen’s Cathedral, organized by the Schoenstatt Family Work
Christian families are providing a powerful demonstration. On May 1st at 12:00 noon, Christian families from all over Europe will participate in a festive Mass in St. Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna.
September 8th: established by law as the Day of the Men’s Rosary
The Men’s Rosary in Brazil is a national apostolate in which the Schoenstatt Movement participates in large numbers. Recently a national law has been passed declaring September 8th as Men’s Rosary Day. In Schoenstatt, this apostolate is known as Mother and Queen Men’s Rosary.
Opening of the beatification process of the Servant of God Father Hernán Alessandri Morandé.
On Thursday, March 30th, the diocesan phase of the process of beatification of the Servant of God, Father Hernán Alessandri, who died on December 18, 2007, was officially opened.
For greater peace, justice, love and human dignity
The European Congress of Families of the Schoenstatt Movement unites in prayer. Let us pray together!
Couples leading from love
Registrations for the Seminar “Leading to Love” are open until May 15. It is intended for couples who are members of the Schoenstatt Family Work from all over the world. It will be held during August 2023 at the Family House of Mount Nazareth, Schoenstatt.
Synodality, Federative Character… Simplicity
The synodal journey of our Church challenges us to rediscover the richness of the first Christian communities, in which the experience of community was fundamental, not only because they “held everything in common “, but also because the inner dynamism, discernment and decision-making were the fruit of community work, which the pastors directed and coordinated.
Will the youth of Brazil make it to World Youth Day? Let’s see what happened
78 Brazilian youth, members of the Schoenstatt Youth, paid for their plane tickets to participate in August in the World Youth Day -WYD- in Lisbon, and to visit the place of their dreams: Original Schoenstatt. But they received a shock: the tickets are non-existent, and now they find themselves stranded…. Or maybe not, because they decided to launch a campaign to make their dream come true. They are asking for a Hail Mary, and a contribution of 20-euro cents or a dollar. Would you like to give them a hand?
Interview with Father Heinrich Walter and Sister M. Cacilda: “The first stone of a great project”
Sister M. Cacilda Becker and Father Henrich Walter were interviewed by Sister. M. Nilza to gather their experiences and ideas about the seven years in which they fulfilled the task of being the first International Coordinators of the Schoenstatt Movement. Since Schoenstatt is a federative movement, their mission has been to exercise the office they assumed: coordinators, at the service of Schoenstatt’s life in the different countries of the world. Father Walter now ceases this responsibility and goes to Austria, while Sister M. Cacilda remains for a period of three additional years. Father Arkadiusz Sosna from Poland, a member of the General Council of the Schoenstatt Fathers, will take over for the Schoenstatt Fathers.