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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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The Original Shrine welcomes Portuguese-speaking pilgrims
Queen of hope and love. This is the title by which the coordinators, missionaries and families of the Pilgrim Mother crowned the Blessed Mother during her 10th Pilgrimage to the Original Shrine on July 10, 2022.

Vatican releases programme for Pope Francis’ Canada visit
The Holy See Press Office releases the programme for Pope Francis’ Apostolic Journey to Canada, due to take place on 24-29 July.

Pope’s Penitential Pilgrimage to Canada to reconcile and heal
Pope Francis is set to fly to Canada on Sunday for his 37th Apostolic Visit abroad. He’ll be travelling to the Canadian cities of Edmonton, Quebec, and Iqaluit, where the Holy Father will bring his closeness to indigenous peoples who suffered from attempts to erase their culture, especially in the residential schools system.

Questions arise about Joseph Engling in Rome: Opportunity to get to know him better
Rome raised new questions about Joseph Engling, the young co-founder of Schoenstatt. The vice-postulator of his cause for canonization sees this as a challenge to introduce him to today’s youth as a model of sanctity from a new perspective.

You are a treasure for the Church of Luxembourg!
The Schoenstatt Family of Luxembourg has its annual meeting.

New Schoenstatt Shrine in Corrientes, Argentina
In our Guarani land, She has been carrying out her mission as Mother and Queen for 52 years and today she is crowned with the completion of a Daughter Shrine, a process of construction that took two years of hard work and that represents a true material and spiritual conquest for the family of Corrientes.

Sixteen novices received their tunics in Paraguay
“Mother receive our nothingness, clothe us of Christ in our abode”.

Invitation: Receiving the Tunic of Sion
Sixteen novices from the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers will receive the Tunic of Sion

Pope John Paul I beatification set for 4 September
Pope Francis is set to beatify his predecessor, John Paul I, on Sunday, 4 September, at Mass in St. Peter’s Square.

Costa Rica shocked with the death of Marco Calzada, member of the Schoenstatt Boys’ Youth
Marco Calzada, a young member of the Schoenstatt Movement, was murdered in Costa Rica on July 2, 2022. The news shook the whole country and went beyond its borders. His father extended his forgiveness and love for his murderers and their families.

No other conclusion – Renewed investigation into allegations made by an American citizen against Father Kentenich.
Father Kentenich – publication of the summary written by Steven M. Biskupic with the conclusions of the investigation of alleged abuse.

The joy of the Covenant of Love in concrete actions.
22 people who fled the war in Ukraine, find in Schoenstatt a place of peace and warmth where, in the midst of their terrible anguish and fears, they can try to rebuild their lives.