Pentecost 2022

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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Happy and blessed Easter2022

 Easter announces to us also this year: Christ is risen – He is truly risen! The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary wish you a happy and blessed Easter!

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Help, Blessed Mother, It is Time…

“Hard times teach us to pray…”     one used to say. Is that still true today? Fortunately, there have been many prayer initiatives during the pandemic–not only through the official Church. Many people also have been reached through the internet. For weeks the Ukraine-Crisis has been going through my head: “If only someone would suggest […]

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The Solemnity of the Mother of God, Holy Mother Mary

During the octave of Christmas the Church celebrates the Solemnity of the Mother of God, the motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary.   The first Marian dogma is that she is Mother of God. Devotion to the Mother of God is superior to devotion to the saints and subordinant to worship and adoration of God. The […]

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Merry Christmas!

Dear visitors to our website, we Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary wish you a blessed and Merry Christmas also in this year 2021! Around the world we celebrate together the great feast of the birth of Christ. We celebrate together, but not the same way. Each country has its original way of celebrating. This is shown […]

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And it Happened…

Christmas in the Coronavirus Pandemic (Based on a True Event) Months before the feastday, it was apparent that Christmas 2020 would be different from every Christmas previously. Masks, social distancing, and hygiene regulations characterized everyday life. Despite the lockdown, attending Holy Mass would be possible with some modifications, albeit under more difficult conditions. Virtual attendance […]

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“Ask the Animals …“ – 10

Spitz, Keep Guard!     “How does this navigation system, this GPS, work?” my co-sister wanted to know. Fascinating! If someone doesn‘t have a sense of direction: No problem! Reliably and safely the GPS guides me to my destination. Our human soul also has such a navigation system built into it—not as a chip—but rather […]

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“Ask the Animals …“ – 09

The Cow   The cow is a beloved and very useful domesticated animal. We appreciate its good milk and dairy products. Respective to the country in which the bovine is found, we have the expressions “holy cow,” “dumb cow,” or “as famous as a colored cow.” We can learn one or the other thing from […]

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“Ask the Animals …“ – 08

A Pike in a Pond of Carps   This saying dates back to the German historian Heinrich Leo (1799 – 1878) who pegged this expression for the French Emperor Napoleon III. A pike stirrs things up. It creates unrest, it lets itself be challenged by new conditions of the time. It is good that there […]

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Sister M. Emilie, “An Angel without Wings”

The commemoration of the homegoing of Sister M. Emilie Engel into eternity is the commemoration of an “an angel without wings” whom God the Father sent to Schoenstatt. Sister M. Emilie has brought the message of God’s love to many people who are helpless and in need because she experienced these needs herself. [Among other […]

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