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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A Schoenstatt Sister of Mary Receives the Promotion Award of the German Terminology Day At the next symposium of the German Terminology Day (DTD) in March 2023, Sister Carola Maria Tremmel will be awarded the DTD Promotion Award 2021 for her research in the field of the science of terminology. How it came about […]
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Gratitude for the Life Traces and Faith of Little St. Teresa In a Eucharistic celebration on the evening of June 10, an opportunity was given to thank God for the “shower of roses,” for the graces that the Little St. Teresa imparted right from the beginning of her visit at the Liebfrauenhoehe, Germany. Auxiliary Bishop […]
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Ninety-five years ago, on June 29, 1927, Sister M. Emilie Engel offered her life for the holiness of the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. A hidden deed, an unnoticed grain of wheat, which nevertheless brought forth rich fruit. What was the context of this offering? Just eight months pior, the community of the […]
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When the Holy Spirit touches our innermost being, Our hearts are set on fire. Then we find God. “When the Holy Spirit enters us with His gifts, it is easy for us to discover God the Father in the midst of the hustle and bustle of life.” (Father Joseph Kentenich, August 27, 1956, On Monday […]
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