“Let us take every created thing as a great picture book of God, As a book of readings about him.” Bicycle “Every created thing is an incarnate thought of God. Every created thing contains a bit of the goodness of God.” Father Kentenich held steadfastly to this conviction in every situation of his life. […]
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God’s little beast of burden Do you by chance have a donkey at home, or in your pasture? Do you especially like this animal? Many characteristics—both positive and negative—have been written about the donkey. Dumb—lazy—stubborn, spontaneously come to mind, But also, and most of all, calm, unassuming, reliable, and faithful. Father Kentenich gave this animal […]
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A Listening Heart “Give your servant therefore an understanding heart, to judge your people and to distinguish right from wrong.” (1 Kings 3:9, New American Bible)* This is how King Solomon responded when God prompted him to make a request that HE, GOD, would grant. A listening heart is undoubtedly something crucial—also for us people […]
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The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary wish all the visitors of our site a blessed and merry Christmas 2022! An international virtual choir of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary from 20 countries, sings a six-part Silent Night song in 9 languages. The production consists of about 200 individual recordings. All recorded and produced by the […]
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PERUGINO, PIETRO, ca. 1450-1523, Detail from MADONNA ENTHRONED BETWEEN JOHN BAPTIST AND ST. SEBASTIAN, 1493, Florence, Italy: Galleria Uffizzi “ Qué soï era immaculado councepcioũ” – “I am the Immaculate Conception” Mary’s predilection as the Immaculata points to the sublime degree of her holiness. Her spiritual wealth constitutes that dimension of her being, which is […]
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“ Qué soï era immaculado councepcioũ” – “I am the Immaculate Conception” In 1858 at the Massabielle rock near Lourdes, France, Our Lady identified herself to Bernadette in the local dialect as the Immaculate Conception, thereby confirming the dogma promulgated some years earlier on December 8, 1854. This self-revelation belongs to the core of her […]
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Father Kentenich, testimony of the boldness of TRUST! September 15, 1968. After a long life dedicated to the Work and the mission God had entrusted to him, Father Joseph Kentenich departed for eternity. In faith, we believe that he is with God and, in God, he remains with us. He remains with us in […]
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“Your birth, O Virgin Mother of God, proclaims joy to the whole world!” (Liturgy of the day) How much we long for a better world in which joy prevails rather than the doom and gloom we are experiencing in so many ways. Pope St Paul VI proclaimed “the day of her birth is truly a […]
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“She will take care in a perfect way, and ultimately we will be able to say: She was victorious!” Fr. Joseph Kentenich, 20.10.1951 The Feast of the Queenship of Mary brings peace and joy to our hearts. We have a Mother in heaven who is queen and intercedes for us with the Holy Triune […]
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THE ASSUMPTION OF MARY INTO HEAVEN 15 August 2022 Through Mary’s Assumption into heaven, solemnly proclaimed as a dogma by Pope Pius XII in 1950, God has given us the greatest SIGN OF HOPE humanity could ever imagine. In Mary we see what it means to be genuinely human; totally at home in God, at home […]
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