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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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80 years after the first daughter Shrine in New Helvetia
New Helvetia, in Uruguay, is the first Schoenstatt daughter Shrine where Our Lady chose to descend, just as she had done in 1914. It is located in Uruguay, 60 km. from Colonia del Sacramento and 17 km. from Rio de la Plata. It was blessed on October 18, 1943, during the Second World War, while the founder was behind the electrified wires of Dachau. October marks the 80th anniversary of its blessing.
Highlights of the Encounter with Father Kentenich
Interview with Sister M. Eileen Johannsen, who witnessed Father Kentenich’s time in Milwaukee.
On January 23, 2023, the day of her 86th birthday, Sister M. Eileen arrived at Schoenstatt. Since then, she has traveled to various places in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, talking about her encounters and experiences with Father Kentenich. Before returning to the USA on March 18, we asked her a few questions.
Abundance of Challenges: A Spiritual Perspective
In view of the (over)abundance of challenges to find a spiritual perspective, Father Peter Falk, diocesan priest of the Schoenstatt Institute and head of the Schoenstatt Family Movement in the Archdiocese of Freiburg, was invited to offer suggestions to the participants.
Fr. Joseph Kentenich and the meaning of life
Our history in Schoenstatt is also marked by the profound suffering that our founder experienced in the concentration camp. After his courageous acceptance of the cross, Father Joseph Kentenich went through years of difficult trials, trusting fully in Divine Providence and in Mary’s loving protection.
Invitation to the Leading to Love Seminar
THE INSTITUTE OF FAMILIES OF SCHOENSTATT INVITES YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN THE SEMINAR “LEADING TO LOVE”
The challenge of being a Woman
Schoenstatt constantly poses how to apply the principles of the Movement and F. Kentenich’s vision regarding specific topics in current times. It is not about repeating phrases, but rather about prophetically analyzing the application of principles and values to our times, so that we may have an answer to our temporal reality.
Fr. Ignacio Camacho, new rector of the Original Shrine
Father Ignacio Camacho, a Chilean from the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, was appointed to this task by the Bishop of the Diocese of Trier, Monsignor Stephan Ackermann. He will be responsible for the pastoral and administrative life of Schoenstatt’s international center, its Original Shrine, for the next three years.
Fr. Pablo Pol concludes his duties as Rector of the Original Shrine
He says: “The most impressive thing is to see how the Shrine impacts people’s lives”
Ukraine: Is synodality possible amid war?
Monsignor Yazlovetskiy, auxiliary bishop of Kiev, states that the war did not divide the Church in Ukraine, and that they have not been able to work with the document for the Continental Stage on the Synod, but that they do live synodality in their proximity to those who suffer.
Ukraine: Is synodality possible amid war?
Monsignor Yazlovetskiy, auxiliary bishop of Kiev, states that the war did not divide the Church in Ukraine, and that they have not been able to work with the document for the Continental Stage on the Synod, but that they do live synodality in their proximity to those who suffer.
Continental Synodal Assembly for the Middle East opens in Lebanon
Delegates representing seven Catholic Churches (Coptic, Syriac, Maronite, Melkite, Chaldean, Armenian and Latin) from the Holy Land, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Iraq and Armenia, are gathered in Beirut this week for the Continental Synodal Assembly for the Middle East.
Brazilians in Atlanta (USA) renew the Covenant of Love every month
More than 150 families participate every month in the Covenant of Love celebration held in a Brazilian community in the USA.