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Living Shrines on Mission: National Gathering of the Pilgrim Mother Apostolate in Argentina
National gathering of representatives from the Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother Apostolate in Argentina.
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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.
International Congress of the Family Work CIOF Paraguay 2023
With the motto FAMILIES IN COVENANT, HEART FOR THE WORLD, couples representing 20 Latin-American countries and a few from Europe, together with several advisors, will meet in the heart of America, for the 6th Congress of the Continental Family Work. More than 340 participants will gather in Asuncion, Paraguay from May 4 to 7 of this year.
Construction of a new Schoenstatt Shrine in Brazil begins. With Maringá there will be 24.
On March 25, the blessing of the foundation stone of the Shrine of Maringá, in Brazil, a city 650 km. west of São Paulo, took place. The Mass was presided by Bishop Severino Clasen and was attended by about a thousand people. The Schoenstatt Institute of Families will be the legal guardian of this new Shrine.
The European Congress of Schoenstatt Families meets in Vienna under the motto “Family – hope for the future”
After extensive planning, 350 representatives of the Schoenstatt Movement from 11 countries in Europe will participate in the first European Congress of Families. It will take place at the Schoenstatt Center in Kahlenberg, Austria, between April 28th and May 1st.
The Unity Cross has been stolen from the Bellavista Shrine in Chile
The Unity Cross from the Bellavista Shrine in Santiago, Chile, was stolen on April 2nd. Here we describe its significance.
A transfigured and glorious life must first experience the cross
Meditations on the value of the cross for a Christian. Father Kentenich said: “We must have the most heartfelt certainty that God has drawn up a plan, not only a plan for the world, but also a plan for my personal life. Who has conceived this plan? Not only God’s wisdom and omnipotence, but also his love.”
The mother does not forget her promises
Schoenstatt prepares for the World Youth Meeting in Lisbon, Portugal.
New responsibles of the International Schoenstatt Coordination
The General Presidency of the Schoenstatt Movement extended the General Statutes of the Movement for another three years and announced the evaluation and revision by the Movement’s International Coordination. In addition, Fr Arkadiusz Sosna and Sr M. Cacilda Becker were appointed as international coordinators.
What is the origin of the Hail Mary prayer?
The Hail Mary begins with the acknowledgment of our insignificance before the Blessed Virgin, exalting her as the full of grace and blessed among all women, and praising the fruit of her womb, Jesus. The second part of the prayer consists of a filial plea. With faith, we entrust ourselves to our Mother in the most decisive moments we can experience: the now and the hour of our death.
Free to choose whether to migrate or to stay
The Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development announces the theme of this year’s World Day of Migrants and Refugees focused on the right to choose migration as an option for livelihood and personal development.
No to water wars, abuse and waste
Marking World Water Day Pope Francis reminds us that water is a primary necessity that must never be wasted, abused or serve as grounds for war.