Father Kentenich – a Letter from God

It won’t take long before a certain couple will celebrate their golden wedding anniversary. The man tells us joyfully that they are now having the letters bound which they wrote at the time of their first love. These love letters are more for them than a few pieces of paper and a little ink. These […]

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“Schoenstatt Time” Program

Immaculata Patris – Ver Sacrum for today! Seven young women from Paraguay and Chile spent almost two blessed months in Schoenstatt from January 8 to March 4, 2018. They lived with the Sisters of Mary on Mount Schoenstatt. They wanted to grow deeper into Schoenstatt’s spirituality and then fly back home strengthened to help – […]

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“Your Hearts Have Caught Fire!” (J. Kentenich)

I had just returned to Schoenstatt from South Africa a half a year before – a few girls near the Original Shrine came to me and asked me if I would like to begin a Schoenstatt group with them. I was totally surprised, but also gladly ready to do this. Since then in 2012 I […]

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Beginning of the School Year at the Mãe de Deus School

A climate of expectation and of joy reigned in the “Mãe de Deus” School of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Londrina, State of Parana, Brazil. On the 5th of February, the first day of school, the students were surprised with new, remodeled classrooms. One could see in the eyes of the more than 600 […]

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Visit of Our Lady of Czestochowa

“Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:43) An icon of the Blessed Mother of Czestochowa has been visiting the Polish dioceses and parishes since the end of the 1950s. Since September of the past year it has been “pilgrimaging” through the diocese of Warsaw-Prague where our provincial […]

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On the way into digital space in a very real way

From January 15 to 22 about 70 sisters from the so-called Dynamic Province met for their yearly schooling and community week. On December 8, 1966 this province was constituted. All the sisters who work for the Movement were gathered together into this province. The Dynamic Province  Soon after the founding of the Sisters of Mary […]

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Every Day a Day of Grace

Every Day a Day of Grace “It was good for me. I will come again.” “I could really shut down.” “I have been here more often. Here I can come to rest and refuel.” These are the echoes Sister M. Annjetta Hirscher heard after the Oasis Days which she accompanied at the Liebfrauenhoehe from February […]

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“Peoples and Nations Stream to Your Dwelling”

Experiences at the Schoenstatt Center “House Mariengrund,” Muenster “Peoples and Nations Stream to Your Dwelling… …bringing their gifts of gratitude. Through your gates they enter in wonder, for they behold God’s glorious light!” These are words from the pilgrimage song to the Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen, and Victress of Schoenstatt. All over the world people […]

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Interview with Hélio and Mara Martins

Hélio  and Mara Martins from Santa Maria/Rio Grande do Sul, parents of Sister Cristiane Maria,  have been happy for four years about the vocation of their daughter as a Sister of Mary. They tell about the path which they have walked since the time of their daughter’s decision for the consecrated life. Editorial Staff: Mr. […]

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