Ecuador celebrates its new priest: Fr. Luis Polit, a Covenant life
This past Saturday, October 14, we witnessed a great blessing for the Ecuadorian Schoenstatt Family. Luis Polit Estrella, Ecuadorian, member of the Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, has been ordained as a priest of Christ in the Cathedral of Guayaquil, Ecuador.
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.
Young Ecuadorian Schoenstatter at the threshold of the priesthood
On October 14th, Deacon Luis Polit will be ordained as a Schoenstatt Father in Ecuador, under the motto “Take and eat of it”. His family and the entire Schoenstatt Movement await the day with great enthusiasm.
Ukrainian refugees receive help in Poland. They endure tough ordeals.
In view of the serious situation in Ukraine, many people and organizations are helping those living in Ukraine as well as the refugees. Among those helping are Schoenstatters, both in Schoenstatt itself, as well as in other places. We share here an account of the efforts of the Schoenstatt Fathers in Poland assisting refugees in their own home.
Father’s pedagogy at the International Meeting of the Network of Kentenich Schools
As an initiative of the Schoenstatt Fathers, the Pentecost Foundation was created, to ensure that the Kentenich pedagogy seal is maintained in the Schoenstatt schools. Currently, 13 schools belong to the Network of Kentenich Schools. They have just met in Spain and Portugal to deliberate on the KPM, Kentenich Pedagogical Model, which provides an integral and organic pedagogy.
Pope to Schoenstatt Fathers: Intergenerational alliance can save humanity
Addressing the General Chapter of the Schoenstatt Fathers, Pope Francis urges the religious priests to help find answers to the pressing questions of our time.
Deeply rooted in our prophetic charism, we take a journey into the future
A few days ago, Father Alexandre was elected Superior General of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers. According to what he told the Vatican website, this came as a surprise to him, since he was not present at the General Chapter.
Schoenstatt Fathers elected the new General Council
Fr. Alexandre Awi de Melo new Superior General of the Institute of Schoenstatt Fathers.
Four New Schoenstatt Fathers in Nigeria
“In the current order of salvation no greatness surpasses that of the priesthood” Fr. Joseph Kentenich (1963)
Three New Schoenstatt Priests for the Church
Joaquín Lobos, Sebastián Espinoza and Sergio Abarca were ordained priests in Chile.
Like a child in the hands of God: Gabriel Oberle to be ordained deacon
Brazil: one more future priest for the Schoenstatt Fathers’ Institute