Since both our retreat house and training center as well the dormitory for women in Constantia could no longer be used as such because of the Covid 19 restrictions, and since we now had an empty building and a staff without work, we came up with the idea to begin a project to fight poverty. […]
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For about a year now, our sisters’ house in Romania has been well reinforced with Sr. Marie-Gudrun. In an interview already published, she gives us an insight into how she is doing in another European country. Sr. Marie-Gudrun, what moved you to make the decision to come to Temeswar in the Diocese of Temeswar? Since […]
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“Nothing without you! I do not want to strive without the Blessed Mother … When inner difficulties come, temptations that toss us back and forth: “Nothing without you!” The Blessed Mother has to take care of me. As a Schoenstatt child I have a special right to the love of the Blessed Mother. It […]
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Our Mission in the Year of the Pandemic We sisters in the Mater Dei Hospital have experienced an extraordinary year. We were conscious that we, in the name of our entire international family, had to give a “credible” response in the field of health care. One afternoon in March or April—these were very “dark weeks” […]
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The WhatsApp Pictures of the Pilgrim MTA “Whoever sends these great pictures, they are bright spots in my day that make me feel incredible every time I receive them! Thank you!” “Thank you very much, that is a wonderfully beautiful picture. Also all the previous ones, and especially the impulses, are so valuable. I always […]
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Christmas 2020 in Kalingrad We Germans have, so I believe, a very special relationship with the Christmas season and the building of Christmas nativity sets. Formerly I thought every family has a nativity set, but that is far from being the case. Not every child can fall in love and become engrossed in the wonder […]
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The music school of the Mae de Deus College in Londrina/State Paraná – Brazil celebrated the 75th anniversary of its founding! With music and joy the brilliant jubilee of the history of this school–the first Schoenstatt music school– was celebrated on a world-wide scale. The music school is a model for music and music education […]
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The Splendor of Imperfect This year, too, Klaus went into the forest to select an imperfect tree. Four years ago, for the first time, the forester put out the invitation. They would be given free of charge. The crooked things had to be cut down anyway, the forester had thought, so why not give them […]
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The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary wish all the visitors of our site a blessed and merry Christmas 2020! 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 Schoenstatt […]
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11th Foot Pilgrimage for Sister M. Emilie On November 21, already at 6:00 a.m., a large group of the Schoenstatt Girls’ Youth from Santa Maria and some Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary gathered at the Tabor Shrine in Santa Maria/RS-Brazil to begin the “11th Foot Pilgrimage for Sister M. Emilie.” Motivated by their ideal, this year […]
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