We have a Shrine because there are pilgrims
Leaving home and going on pilgrimage to holy places is part of the religious experience of many families. But how does this relate to Schoenstatt’s mission and the III Historical Milestone? Sister M. Jimena Alliende talks about her personal experience and demonstrates how May 31st impacts the organic life of the pilgrims.
May 31st Jubilee: What is the progress on the preparations?
With just over a month to go until the 75th anniversary of the III Schoenstatt Milestone, the activities around the Shrine of Bellavista are not stopping. The National Director of the Schoenstatt Movement in Chile, Fr. Gonzalo Illanes, shares with us details of the preparations for the Jubilee.
Registration is now open to celebrate the “31st of May” Jubilee in Chile
Please be sure to check out the official website and the program that will mark the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Schoenstatt’s Third Historic Milestone.
An invitation for the entire Schoenstatt Family: 75 years of the 31st of May
In 2024 we celebrate 75 years of the 31st of May. That is why Chile invites all the Schoenstatters of the world to celebrate the jubilee in a pilgrimage to Santiago, to the Cenacle Shrine, or from a distance, in their own countries. Everyone is invited to be a part of this great celebration!
A Schoenstatter lit the torch for the Pan American Games
Lucy López Cruz, a Schoenstatter at the opening ceremony of the Pan American Games Santiago 2023: “I went up with the torch and with my MTA around my neck”. Lucy was an athlete as well as an athletics coach for many years and she also belonged to the Schoenstatt Mothers’ Branch.
Ordination to the priesthood and two new deacons for Schoenstatt and the Church
“O God, holy are your ways”. Priestly ordination of Deacon Joaquín Puertas Casasempere (Chilean) and the diaconal ordination of the students Maike Nonicio de Andrade (Brazilian) and Agustín Ozcoidi (Argentinean), all belonging to the Course Cor Sacerdotalis, peregrini foederis ecllesiae, from the Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers.
What does Trinitarian Assistance mean?
In this month of August 2022, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the Trinitarian Assistance by Father Joseph Kentenich in South America. What does this mean?
Father Diogo M. Mendes Barata becomes the Schoenstatt Fathers’ new Provincial Superior in the Pentecost Province. “I have great hope in the youth!”
As of December 2021, he has assumed the position of Provincial Superior of the Province of Pentecost, which includes Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, USA, Portugal, and Spain.
Three New Schoenstatt Priests for the Church
Joaquín Lobos, Sebastián Espinoza and Sergio Abarca were ordained priests in Chile.