Recently I was able to celebrate my Golden Jubilee as a Sister of Mary. In gratitude I look back. My decision at that time to join the community of the Sisters of Mary at the age of 21 was probably one of my best decisions. I have never regretted it. This also gave me the […]
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Since 2015, I have been able to support the Women and Mothers of the Schoenstatt Movement in the Dioceses of Würzburg and Bamberg as a “Movement Sister”. In doing so, I come into contact with very different women: ♥ Women who have just married and are seeking their way in their young marriage ♥ Women […]
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Golden Anniversary of Consecration Fifty Years of Total Devotion to God in the Schoenstatt Work “Being a Sister of Mary for more than half a century means having found the full meaning of life,” says Sister Fernanda Balan. On March 19, 2019, together with six other jubilarians, she will celebrate five decades of her eternal […]
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On October 18, 2007, a new stage in the history of Schoenstatt began in Kerala, South India. For the first time we Sisters sent out twelve Pilgrim Shrines. There are now 305 Pilgrim Shrines which are regularly distributed to the families. One has even been sent as far as Russia, another one is being sent […]
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On December 8, 2018, on the Solemnity of the Immaculata, we experienced an hour of grace that marked in a deep way the life of our Girls Youth. We had a triple celebration since we celebrated the 45th Anniversary of the Schoenstatt Girls Youth in Puerto Rico; we crowned the Mother Thrice Admirable and Queen […]
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On the eve of Laetare Sunday, the Sunday of joy during Lent, a special service took place for the first time in the coronation church on Liebfrauenhöhe. In a cooperation project with the Musikverein Ergenzingen and the choir Notabene from the neighboring village Baisingen, the service became a message, an experience of God’s unconditional love […]
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As living members of the Church, we have been keeping watch with the Schoenstatt Family in Poland at the Black Madonna in Czestochowa. On the night before the fourth Sunday of Lent, the Schoenstatt Family in Poland has been meeting for many years on the Bright Mountain (Jasna Góra) in Czestochowa. We experience ourselves as […]
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March 24, 2019: The initiative “Praying together” took place in many locations throughout Germany. The Adoration Sisters on Mount Schoenstatt also participated and offered the time of prayer in the Adoration Chapel. From Gabi Wehner from the diocese of Fulda came the initial spark: “Everything is in upheaval: in the parish, in the church, in […]
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“‘Santa Casa’, a holy house – and in a holy house one should live holy. He who lives holy is holy.” These words of Father Joseph Kentenich during his visit to the Santa Casa Hospital in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, on April 12, 1947, became our motto. “In spite of the difficulties that exist, I would […]
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100 Years of Plaques in the Original Shrine – 125 Years since the Consecration to Mary by Father Kentenich Sister M. Pia has once again excavated and investigated and brought to light events with small details, some of which were not yet known. One Schoenstatt Father humorously called them “holy moles”. On the evening of […]
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