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Interview with Sister M. Vanda,
the Sacristan of the Original Shrine

Every member of Schoenstatt has the great dream of visiting the Original Shrine, the place where it all began. It is impressive to see people from Brazil arrive at the shrine for the first time; there are often tears when that for which they waited such a long time becomes reality. This is how it […]

Schoenstatt Mothers in Burundi

Living Monstrance: True and Just Each year in November, the leaders of the Schoenstatt Mothers in Burundi plan their apostolate for the entire year. This helps train the mothers well, so they can live their covenant of love with the Blessed Mother in their everyday life. Last year 18 apostolic trips to various parishes were […]

HELPING HANDS SPREAD HOPE

“God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference” – this is such a profound prayer and if truly lived, one can experience immense peace. We often circulate the ‘Serenity Prayer’ with our food hampers. Food deliveries […]

A Weekend Retreat in Maria Rast –

Wonderful, Unforgettable Impressions “Is it possible to spend a spiritual weekend in your house?” asked three students of Theology, who were responsible for childcare during the Archdiocese of Cologne’s family retreat at the Maria Rast Schoenstatt Center. The students liked the Schoenstatt Center so much that they wanted to have a Time Out there. Of […]

CARE

APRIL When love is awakened, it must be nurtured. Even if is awakened spontaneously, it does not grow by itself. J.K. Care I visited a friend. She and her husband were having a bit of a hard time at the moment. He had just come back from shopping, two children in tow. Even before […]

The Easter Trail
on Mt. Schoenstatt, Germany

The Easter Trail 2024 on Mt. Schoenstatt, Germany – An Experience for Young and Old In the natural surroundings of the Marienland Conference Center on Mount Schoenstatt, Germany, children, families and all interested parties can look forward to a variety of stations on the Easter Trail 2024. The trail takes old and young into […]

INSIEME – TOGETHER

Schoenstatt for a Synodal Church This was the core experience of our Pilgrimage group from the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany, that met from February 14-19, 2024, in our International Schoenstatt Center in Belmonte, Rome. Our Rome team, which consisted of members of different Schoenstatt communities in the diocese—priests, families, the Women‘s Federation, youth, and Schoenstatt […]

The Easter Trail:
An Easter Experience!

A Project with Potential for the Future Easter—that’s what we Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary experienced in a special way last year. And with us, many others: Young and old, those for whom Easter means a lot, others who rediscovered the meaning of this feast day. Many also came across our Easter trail by chance. Preparations […]

A thank you letter from Poland …

… after the investiture ceremony on January 27, 2024 Dear organizers of the investiture ceremony of nine new sisters! We are very happy as a family federation course and as individual members for Sr. M. Malgorzata Andrzejkowicz and all of the other eight sisters. We continue to pray for strength and God’s protection for the young, very international […]

Pentecost during Lent

Retreat in Everyday Life for Young Women in Budapest, Hungary For one week, from February 18-24, 2024 we four sisters from Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary, and two sponsors organized a week of retreat in everyday life for young women aged 16 and over. “What was very good is that I experienced an unusually caring […]