Sister M. Margarita

Sister M. Margarita Juárez Venditti   was a cheerful, simple and enthusiastic girl, who above all, let herself be conquered by God and his invitation to a life consecrated to his Kingdom. She was born in Tucumán, Argentina, on June 5th 1976; she was the second daughter of a religious and hard-working family. I met […]

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A Pilot Projekt: Conference for Nursing Staff and Caregivers

“If the sisters look at you with radiant eyes, you did everything correctly!” said an employee of our nurses‘ stations to a co-worker in a group discussion.  A Pilot Project  For the first time, a conference for the nursing staff and caregivers on the nursing teams of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary took place from […]

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for everyday life … 22

“A woman has circumspect thinking. She takes in the whole person at once. She takes in the whole person opposite her. This is called intuitive thinking … By nature, a man does it more this way: He takes bits and pieces, puts one on top of the other and thinks: Does this fit here, or […]

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Information for the Schoenstatt Movement

 Information for the Schoenstatt Movement on the status of the legal proceedings concerning statements in the publication „Vater darf das!“ (ISBN 978-3-95948-494-7)   After the publication of the book “Vater darf das!” in October 2020, our Secular Institute initiated legal action against the author Dr. Alexandra von Teuffenbach and the publisher Traugott Bautz. In the […]

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Is it Really the Will of God?

At the beginning there was the question: Is it really the will of God to accept this position? When we considered within the community whether I should accept the new task in the Episcopal Ordinariate of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, the decision was not so easy. After a longer back and forth, the decision was […]

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The Visit of a Great Personality

The relief organization “Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)” invited Emeritus Patriarch Gregory III Laham from Damascus to Switzerland. For seventeen years, Gregory was responsible for the fate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Syria, which is united with Rome. Through contact with our house chaplain, Schoenstatt Father René Klaus, it was possible […]

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To Listen, To Respond, To Bring about Results

Hearts Full of Gratitude “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts …” (Hebrews 3:15) This statement from Sacred Scripture likely resounds in the hearts of Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary as October 1st approaches. What causes this resonance? The answer is quite simple: Five years from now this institute within the Schoenstatt […]

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One of the “Attractive Faces” of the Sisters of Mary

“Holiness is the most attractive face of the Church,” writes Pope Francis[1]. He draws attention to the fact that many saints who have not been canonized nevertheless encourage and accompany us through the witness of their lives. It is with joy that we present one of these “attractive faces” of our sisters’ family here. Her […]

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Lived Everyday Sanctity

Sister M. Lumengarda Kner February 6, 1914 – January 9, 2002 At the farm near Maria Rast House in Germany, one could hear the voice of little Nico coming from the neighboring forester’s house. He was with the cows and called to them, “Rejoice, rejoice, Sister M. Lumengarda is coming!” Yes, the “stable sister” was […]

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