Vocational Discernment Retreat 2020, USA

In Schoenstatt for the First Time

The fulfillment of a dream A great expectation moved the hearts of eight Sisters of Mary from Brazil at the beginning of the year: in January they were allowed to go to Schoenstatt for a training period. They will be able to visit the Original Shrine, to get to know the “cradle” of Schoenstatt at […]

There is hope: a crown

A REPLICA OF THE CROWN FOR THE COENACULUM SHRINE IN BELLAVISTA, CHILE In Chile there is no social or ecclesial peace, but there is hope: a crown for the MTA in the Cenacle Shrine of Bellavista! Two years ago – on January 18, 2018 – robbers stole the historic crown which Father Kentenich had presented to […]

Morning light in France

An invitation to France – you don’t get it every day! I received one from the priest who is responsible for the Schoenstatt Chapel in Cambrai. I accepted with joy, but I was a little excited because I did not know what to expect there. In Cambrai, Joseph Engling (picture of a Schoenstatter who died […]

My Yes Remains

A “Yes forever” is the word that a group of five Sisters of Mary spoke on the day of their perpetual consecration – December 8, 2019 – and that was solemnly celebrated with their families, relatives and acquaintances on January 12 in the Holy Spirit Church. The parents and brothers of – Sister M. Paula […]

Testimony of Christian Winkler

My experience as brother of Sister M. Martina Winkler Hello, my name is Christian Winkler and I am the older brother of Sister M. Martina. I was invited by the Sisters to give a small testimony this afternoon of what it is like and what it means for us as a family to have a […]

Brother Jacob goes first!

Always at hand! 02.02.2020   For us Sisters of Mary as well as for the regular visitors to the Mass in our Adoration Church, we cannot imagine life without him: Brother Jacob Boos, member of the Men’s Federation and resident with the Schoenstatt Fathers on Mount Sion. Whether at normal Sunday services and devotions, at Corpus […]

She goes to meet her children

She is REALLY closest to those who need it most. 30 Pilgrim Shrines in a hospital “She is the great missionary, she will work miracles!” Trusting in this reality, 30 employees of the Santa Casa Hospital in Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil, took on the task of missionaries to bring the Blessed Mother in the Pilgrim […]

“Then heaven touched the earth”

… this is how one participant summarized her impressions of an extraordinary meeting of the Cologne Schoenstatt MJF – Schoenstatt Movement Girls and Young Women – on December 7, 2019 in Maria Rast. Inspired by the current of the “living crown”, the MJF from Cologne discovered the statue of the Immaculate Conception with a crown […]