At the beginning of February we, that is, ten young women from Australia, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Austria and Vietnam began candidacy with the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. As our candidacy comes to an end and postulancy starts at the beginning of May, we want to take look back. Our candidacy was characterized by getting to […]
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“If there is anything that does not make us poor, it is giving love.” F. Josef Kentenich IMPULSE Imagine you are asked by a reporter, “What is love?” What answer would you spontaneously give? The word “love” is certainly the most overused word in the world. Yet, do we know profoundly what love is? St. […]
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It is a joy and a sign of hope that, through the Pilgrim Mother, even in the time of the coronavirus pandemic new innitiatives are possible and continue to grow in France and in French-speaking Switzerland : In May 2020, about 200 people in the French-speaking area of Switzerland and about 100 people in France […]
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Like a CHICKEN?! Have you ever thought about chickens? Maybe you have some of your own! We love the good eggs that we get from them! But have you ever watched a chicken drink? It dips its beek deeply into the water. Then, with its beek filled it quickly raises its head and the […]
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My name is Sister M. Angela Zam and I have been a member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary for thirty-three years. I would like to tell you about a co-sister who had an impact on my life and on the lives of many others long before I entered the Institute: […]
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The medical center of the Mutumba mission station with its hospital, outpatient clinic and maternity ward is the first one for the people of this region and often the only place for them to recieve medical care and advice. Last year 14,423 patients were treated here by the nurses in the outpatient clinic and 2,253 […]
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Please switch on subtitles Christ is risen! The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary wish you a blessed Easter!
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„Patris Corde“ Pope Francis places Saint Joseph at the center of the letter “Patris Corde.” He sketches Saint Joseph’s personality and vocation in seven chapters. A beloved father A tender and loving father An obedient father An accepting father A creatively courageous father A working father A father in the shadows This inspires us to […]
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Sister M. Erintrud Thomé celebrated her hundredth birthday with remarkable alertness. She was born on March 7, 1921 in Düsseldorf-Benrath. After completing school she first worked in an office. “I am led by God.“ She had her first contact with Schoenstatt in 1942. The centenarian tells us,“Actually, I wanted to go to Kevelaer, but my […]
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Behold, a Door Opened … The feast of the Annunciation of the Lord directs our gaze to the extraordiness of faith. On this feast God meets man, supernature meets nature, greatness meets the smallness. Mary, the immaculately pure one, is the first human person to witness the one and triune God. Through the archangel Gabriel […]
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