A Weekend Retreat in Maria Rast –

Wonderful, Unforgettable Impressions “Is it possible to spend a spiritual weekend in your house?” asked three students of Theology, who were responsible for childcare during the Archdiocese of Cologne’s family retreat at the Maria Rast Schoenstatt Center. The students liked the Schoenstatt Center so much that they wanted to have a Time Out there. Of […]

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CARE

APRIL When love is awakened, it must be nurtured. Even if is awakened spontaneously, it does not grow by itself. J.K.   Care I visited a friend. She and her husband were having a bit of a hard time at the moment. He had just come back from shopping, two children in tow. Even before […]

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The Easter Trail
on Mt. Schoenstatt, Germany

The Easter Trail 2024 on Mt. Schoenstatt, Germany – An Experience for Young and Old   In the natural surroundings of the Marienland Conference Center on Mount Schoenstatt, Germany, children, families and all interested parties can look forward to a variety of stations on the Easter Trail 2024. The trail takes old and young into […]

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INSIEME – TOGETHER

Schoenstatt for a Synodal Church This was the core experience of our Pilgrimage group from the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany, that met from February 14-19, 2024, in our International Schoenstatt Center in Belmonte, Rome. Our Rome team, which consisted of members of different Schoenstatt communities in the diocese—priests, families, the Women‘s Federation, youth, and Schoenstatt […]

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The Easter Trail:
An Easter Experience!

A Project with Potential for the Future Easter—that’s what we Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary experienced in a special way last year.  And with us, many others: Young and old, those for whom Easter means a lot, others who rediscovered the meaning of this feast day. Many also came across our Easter trail by chance. Preparations […]

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A thank you letter from Poland …

… after the investiture ceremony on January 27, 2024   Dear organizers of the investiture ceremony of nine new sisters! We are very happy as a family federation course and as individual members for Sr. M. Malgorzata Andrzejkowicz and all of the other eight sisters. We continue to pray for strength and God’s protection for the young, very international […]

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Pentecost during Lent

Retreat in Everyday Life for Young Women in Budapest, Hungary   For one week, from February 18-24, 2024 we four sisters from Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary, and two sponsors organized a week of retreat in everyday life for young women aged 16 and over. “What was very good is that I experienced an unusually caring […]

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A Motherly Heart for the House,
A “Mother for the World”

“The most important thing is to always be where God wants us to be.” G. Bernanos On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the Triune God took our dear Sister Marie-Gudrun Glückert into His eternal home. On January 13, 2024, Sister Marie-Gudrun felt so ill that she had to be brought to the hospital in Timisoara, Romania. It was […]

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RAISED

MARCH The Easter person is a person of inner joy. It is joy that God loves us. J.K.   raised A young father said the following about his daughter: “I love her so dearly. Of course I know that it would not be good, but I would love to protect her from all the dangers […]

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Meeting of the Schoenstatt Secular Institutes

From March 23-25, 2024, twenty-eight members of the six Secular Institutes of Schoenstatt met for a conference in Schoenstatt, Germany at Mt. Moriah. Theme: The Evangelical Council of Poverty At this meeting, which has been held annually since 2018, the participants delve deeper into their common charism and profile as Schoenstatt’s core communities. This year’s […]

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