Interview of Sister M. Ediane Batalin by Sister Anne-Meike Bruek Sister M. Ediane Batalin was born in Brazil. Currently she resides in Germany at Marienland, a provincial house of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. She is taking a correspondence course in pedagogy which is given in the Portuguese language. She completed, under conditions difficult because […]
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Today is a very special day in which Jesus walks through our streets! But, sadly, due to the pandemic that grips humanity, in many places this celebration cannot take place or can take place only in a very simple manner. It is not possible to make the traditional flower carpets that decorate our streets for […]
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Beitrag ansehen The Homesickness of the Turtle Who does not experience homesickness? When I move out the parental home for the first time and live alone; When I must live in a foreign country with a completely different culture; When I feel excluded; When rituals and customs are so different from what I am used […]
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“A True Mother” When there were wars in Burundi, Central Africa, rebels planted a mine unbeknownst to Sister M. Claudine on a road she would travel. The mine exploded as she drove a car over it. She died on May 1, 1997. Sister M. Claudine was born on May 9, 1939 in Switzerland. Already […]
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Pentecost! It is a special time in the life of the Church and in our life! We recall the event: The Apostles were gathered in prayer with Mary, the Mother of Jesus, and with other women. They had received a mission from Jesus but they were at loss on how to carry it out, because […]
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For several weeks already we are in the midst of a true natural disaster in Mutumba and the surrounding area. On May 6, 2021 it rained profusely in the mountains. There was flooding in various places. Lack of drinking water The whole drinking water system for us sisters and for the population of the surrounding […]
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During the summer of 2019, several Iranians contacted me at the Schoenstatt Center Marienpfalz with the wish to become Catholic. Each one had their own history regarding how they had come to this decision. With admission into the “catechumenate” by Father Vogt on the First Sunday of Advent, the official preparation (for becoming Catholic) was […]
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The Lost Sheep In Holy Scripture, Jesus explains to us what a good shepherd is like: He cares for his flock. He calls his sheep by name, he knows them, he does not flee when the wolf comes. He even lays down his life for his sheep. What has always impressed me the most is […]
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“A child of the MTA will not be lost. The child might swing to and fro from time to time but it cannot get lost.” Father Joseph Kentenich in Aschaffenburg, November 28, 1937 IMPULSE A child is sitting on a swing pumping hard, pushing the swing back and forth, faster and faster. The wind […]
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Eyes, Ears, and Heart of the Blessed Mother A new way of actualizing the covenant of love with the Mother Three Times Admirable of Schoenstatt (MTA) has begun among the leaders of the Schoenstatt Movement in Brazil: The Schoenstatt apostolate for vocations. In concrete terms, this means searching with alert eyes for the pearl […]
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