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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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October 18th: Mary’s first promise to the Schoenstatt Family
This October 18 we celebrate the 108th anniversary of the founding of the Schoenstatt Movement. Mary accepts the invitation to establish herself in the Shrine.
70 years since the first Schoenstatt Shrine in Argentina, and the Pope did not want to miss it!
Schoenstatt in Argentina is celebrating its 70th anniversary of the blessing of its first Schoenstatt Shrine, which is now a national shrine, blessed in 1952 by Father Kentenich. Under the motto “Mother, descend, remain with us”, there will be 10 days of inner growth and celebrations, with two bishops, a batucada, a band, a pilgrimage, The Father’s Pathway and…. unbelievable! a personal greeting from Pope Francis!
Celebrating the day of the Covenant of Love internationally? Yes, and we can prepare for it all together….
This coming October 18th, Schoenstatt will celebrate 108 years of existence. Yes! 108 years since the first Covenant of Love with Mary. The international Schoenstatt family is invited to celebrate together, starting with a novena, and participating virtually in the celebrations at the Original Schoenstatt on the very 18th of October.
Vatican global premiere of ‘The Letter’, featuring Pope Francis
Cardinal Parolin, Sr. Smerilli, and environmental protagonists partake in the global premiere of ‘The Letter’ film, which features Pope Francis, on 4 October, the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, in the Vatican’s New Synod Hall. The documentary is devoted to protecting and saving our Common Home.
OCTOBER | For a Church open to everyone
We pray for the Church; ever faithful to, and courageous in preaching the Gospel, may the Church be a community of solidarity, fraternity and welcome, always living in an atmosphere of synodality.
Witnesses to the wonders the Lord is working
Press release at the end of the meeting to draft the Document for the Continental Stage of the 2021-2023 Synodal Process
Pilgrim Mother – Taking God to where He is needed
25th Anniversary of the Pilgrim Mother Apostolate in Germany
Young people are in need of love. But … what is love? Sexuality Conference in Costa Rica
In Costa Rica, members of the Schoenstatt Boys’ and Girls’ Youth joined together to organize a unique conference on love and sexuality. One hundred and thirty youth participated. It was an encounter that made a lasting impression.
Franz Reinisch, a hero of the conscience, executed for not swearing an oath to Hitler
Father Theo Breitinger recounts central aspects of the personality of Father Franz Reinisch, a Pallottine and Schoenstatt priest, who was forced to swear an oath to Hitler and was beheaded for refusing to do so, thus remaining true to his conscience.
Pope at Eucharistic Congress: Bread must be shared on the table of the world
Pope Francis celebrates Holy Mass in the city of Matera at the conclusion of the 27th National Eucharistic Congress reminding Christians there is no eucharistic worship without compassion for the poor.
The General Chapter of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary has elected the General Council
The 7th General Chapter of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, which has been in session at the Motherhouse on Mount Schoenstatt since September 8, 2022, has held more elections.
Schoenstatt Brazil celebrates the 50th anniversary of its Shrine in Atibaia, near Sao Paulo
The Schoenstatt Shrine in Atibaia, Brazil, whose mission is to be a Tabor Shrine of the Permanent Presence of the Father, celebrates its Golden Jubilee. More than 4,000 pilgrims participated in this celebration.