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… How did the Corona Pandemic affect us? – Part 03

Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary during the Corona Pandemic We are now in the third part of our documentary about the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in times of the Corona Pandemic. Today we would like to show you how we have tried to help people in need. In a very concrete way, this was done in […]

Family Reunion in Schoenstatt

In the Anniversary Year of the Women’s Movement The work in the pilgrim center in Schoenstatt is always marked by surprises. The visit of the Gerlach family and their relatives in recent weeks was a special experience. This family is related to Marie Christmann, the late sister M. Magdalena, and her cousin Gertraud von Bullion. […]

… How did the Corona Pandemic affect us? – Part 02

Welcome to the second part of our documentary about our life as Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary during the Corona Pandemic. In the first part we have seen what prayer initiatives have developed in our worldwide community during the last months. This second video is about our apostolic work, about our connection with the groups in the […]

… How did the Corona Pandemic affect us? – Part 01

How did the Corona Pandemic affect us as Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary? The last months have brought many changes, sacrifices, questions and worries – also for us Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. Many things that we were used to were no longer possible. But this crisis has also awakened much creativity in our worldwide community. In […]

IN THE PANDEMIC PERIOD

… MANY PILGRIMS VISIT THE SHRINE Since March 22, 2020, the gates to the Schoenstatt Shrine “Tabor of the Everlasting Presence of the Father” in Atibaia / State of São Paulo – Brazil have been closed due to the “Covid-19” pandemic. This prompted a ‘fire in the embers’ in the sisters to “go out from […]

“We cannot go back!”

“With Maria, full of hope and confidence, we go into the newest time!” (7.9.1968) This sentence from our founder, Father Joseph Kentenich, is the foundation of trust in a new time and in a new era that encourages us to do an online apostolate with several initiatives here at the TABOR OF FREEDOM shrine in Confins […]

Message from the General Presidency of the Schoenstatt Work

Dear Schoenstatt Family throughout the world! Yesterday, Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier announced that he will appoint a new historical commission in the process of beatification for our father and founder, Father Joseph Kentenich. The task of these experts, the majority of whom do not belong to the Schoenstatt Movement, will be to collect and […]

Appointment of a New Commission of Historians

The Diocese of Trier will appoint a new commission of historians for the beatification process of Father Joseph Kentenich. It will have in particular the task “to collect all now accessible documents of the Vatican Archive that in some way relate to this beatification process, and to assess their significance.” This can be seen in […]

The Pilgrim Mother is There – even in the Corona Period!

Mary was “stopped” in some pilgrim shrine circles – some experiences: ► The pilgrim shrine is at my home and I ask Mary every day to bless the people she otherwise visits. X. ► A deacon has 21 pilgrim shrines in his parish. Since Mary can no longer be on the road at the moment, […]

“Perhaps it is not always advisable to remain nobly silent!”

Historian and author Sr. M. Doria Schlickman Interview: Heinrich Brehm, PressOffice Schönstatt The publication of an article in a Catholic weekly newspaper in Germany brought up events from the 1950s that put both the founder of Schoenstatt and the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in a bad light. www.schoenstatt.de asked Sister M. Doria […]