2019 AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC YOUTH FESTIVAL (ACYF) Expo in Perth, Western Australia The Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) held every two years in a different city in Australia, is a chance for thousands of young Catholics (aged 15-25) to gather, encounter Jesus and celebrate their faith. This year, the city of Perth, Western Australia was chosen to host ACYF 2019 with the theme: ‘Listen […]
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Golden Jubilees are special occasions as they mark the fiftieth year of a specific occasion or event. In the Old Testament, if a Jubilee was announced, a trumpet was blown so that the whole congregation of Jerusalem could hear it. Today, we don’t blow trumpets to announce a Jubilee but rather come together as a […]
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I am proud to have a brother priest! For me it is still a miracle from heaven that he has chosen this path. We did not grow up Catholic in the former Soviet Union. It was not until I was 13 that I was baptized – without my parents knowing about it. In the meantime, […]
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Gábor Paál, German science journalist and author, comments on the question in an interview: “How do you know if a star we see at night still exists?” An interesting question. It is not so easy to answer because the stars are hundreds of light years away. Even if they no longer exist, their light can […]
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You Are Effective – Move More from Within The look into my calendar promises an exciting and varied time in which I get together again with many women: Seminar evening in Brühl, team meeting in Euskirchen, oasis days in Schoenstatt, Advent events in Sauerland, Paderborn, Duisburg and Cologne … In addition, various preparations for the […]
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On the 27th December the Schoenstatt Sisters invited people to come for the annual Crib Crawl. Many of us finish our Christmas celebration on the 25th December. However, it is only the beginning of Christmas! The liturgical season of Christmas begins with the Vigil Mass on Christmas Eve and concludes on the Feast of the […]
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The end of the year gives us a chance to look back and look ahead. Here are some thoughts and wishes at this time of transition.
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The Crib Scene of the Adoration Church on Mount Schoenstatt received 2,128 “Favored me” clicks on Facebook the highest number of “Likes”. Vatican News had called at the beginning of Advent to send in favorite crib photos and rate them with “Likes”. The most highly rated nativity scene out of over 100 crib pictures received […]
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With a Christmas wish from Father Joseph Kentenich The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary wish all the visitors of our site a blessed and merry Christmas! “What has been sung into the souls of the shepherds by the angels? Listen: ‘You will find a little child …‘ (Luke 1:12). This gives us a great goal in […]
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90 years daily 24 hours worship “Prayer always changes reality,” says Pope Francis. These words confirm Father Kentenich’s thoughts and actions. Since the foundation of the Schoenstatt Movement, he has promoted a strong Eucharistic current, connected with a universal apostolic apostolate. “Prayer renews the world,” he once said. “In Christ we go to the Father […]
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