“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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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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The Park of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Trier – a Paradise for both Human Beings and Animals Visitors discovered long ago that squirrels have found a permanent and paradisiacal abode in Caspary Park in Trier-Heiligkreuz. Fast as lightning they move from branch to branch, climb up and down the trees, and cross […]
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“Enrich the life of the Church with your charism!” This request of Pope John Paul to our Institute prompted our Brazilian province, the Schoenstatt Tabor Province with its headquarters in Atibaia, SP, to send a sister in the 1990s to Italy to bring the charism of Schoenstatt there, to enrich the life of Church in […]
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The Dove Where am I at home? Where do I feel sheltered and accepted? Where can I be myself? Where do I feel good and balanced? This can be a beautiful place where I come to rest, a spot in nature, in my gazebo, on the shore of a lake … But places alone […]
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With great joy we announce that the collection of prayers “Heavenwards” has now been published in the Polish language! For a long time the Schoenstatt Family in Poland awaited these fundamental texts of its founder, Father Joseph Kentenich. Various attempts to translate and compile the individual prayers had been undertaken. But a unified translation that […]
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“Wherever I can spread joy by the way I am, wherever I can spread a little bit of sunshine through my words, through my life, I should take advantage of this, because doing so is something great. Joy is the magic key that unlocks people’s hearts, a divining stick that discovers mysterious sources of strength […]
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Reflection of the Divine – Sign of Eternity “Where heaven has touched earth and a saint has crossed the threshold to eternity, the eternal and the earthly are continuously in contact.” (Father Alex Menningen, 1969). God is omnipresent, he gives signs of his infinite love and power in every small and great thing that […]
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Effective in a unique way: Mary, the Mother of God “You are making impact. Take action more from the within.” This motto of the Congress of Women invites us to look at the Mother of God in a special way. She is effective in a unique way and she is so from within. She […]
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Without women Schoenstatt would not be what it is On December 8 of the previous year it was 100 years since the first woman sealed the covenant of love with the Mother Three Times Admirable, Queen, and Victress of Schoenstatt. Since then, the Women’s Movement has been an essential part of the Schoenstatt Movement. […]
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