Covenant Day for the members of the Polish Catholic Mission in Germany on 28.04.2018 in Schoenstatt Jubilee gift for the founder In the Kentenich Year, we wanted to make a jubilee present for Schoenstatt’s founder: a Covenant Day. Many people have been involved in the preparation of this day – they have put forward their […]
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This year’s Easter was a day of joy and anticipation for six young women. They began their journey as postulants of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Tabor Province, Santa Maria (Brazil). After a period of trial and reflection and a two-month candidacy, in the Easter Vigil they were allowed to meet the Risen One […]
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My name is Sister M. Emese Kászoni, my home is Romania. Since 2005 I belong to the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. I am a nanny by profession. Now I am happy that I have the opportunity to learn my dream job and become an educator. It is an exciting and beautiful […]
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A “breath of the world church” is experienced by our sisters in the small village Naundorf near Pirna in Saxon Switzerland. Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary have been living and working there since 1955. Today, they run the Caritas Family Retirement Service and help with guest services. Many people of various ages and from completely different […]
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As a parish helper, Sr. M. Silja Mattle works in a retirement and nursing home. In 2016, an accommodation for refugees was built within the house. 18 young men moved in. Sr. Silja says: “In May, some of them came to me and sought contact. I was very surprised that they were approaching an elderly […]
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Pentecost Sunday May 20th 1945 – 2018 Father Kentenich returns from Dachau to Schoenstatt. “I would like to kneel quietly in front of the picture of the dear Blessed Mother, to give myself so completely to the vision of the Trinity and to look and love and praise with you, from now on and for […]
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May 1918 – 2018 The month of May has been dedicated to the Blessed Mother for many centuries because of its abundance of flowers. We are happy to honor her as Queen of May: “O Mary, Queen of May, we greet you.” So we like to sing all through the month of May, in which […]
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For a year now, I have been visiting a retirement home on a regular basis. I take the Blessed Mother along in the Visiting Pilgrim Shrine. And I have the opportunity to give Communion to the sick if necessary. Make someone happy Once I came to a resident when she was visiting another resident. She […]
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Emilie Engel Mater ter admirabilis Biographical notes Born on February 6, 1893 in Husten, Sauerland Died on November 20, 1955 in Koblenz-Metternich Emilie Engel belonged to the first women’s group who, on April 16, 1925, by a solemn consecration, made themselves completely available for the mission of Schoenstatt. On October 1, 1926, the founder […]
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Schoenstatt House in Brig, Switzerland, with the Shrine “Source of Living Faith” has become an oasis in the last 14 years. Many people draw strength here for their everyday lives. “This is really a beautiful place with a special atmosphere,” visitors say again and again. Schoenstatt House is also an oasis through its religious and […]
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