We have been battling the COVID-19 pandemic in Kaliningrad for a long time. Since March 2020 we have had a different order in our parish and Caritas center for the support and care for our visitors. For security reasons we unfortunately had to close our ambulance. Only the soup kitchen initially remained in operation. Help […]
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Sister M. Petra Schnürer – A Life for Schoenstatt Many people from all parts of the world knew Sister M. Petra Schnürer. She spent her life for the mission of Schoenstatt. Having known our father and founder personally, she brought his life, work, and teaching closer to many people. On September 18, God called our […]
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“It is time to move forward!” These were the last words of St. Teresa of Ávila. They could also be the last words of our founder, Father Joseph Kentenich. Even if he did not pronounce these words, he expressed them through actions. Our father returned home to God! Divine Providence gave us many messages through […]
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“When we joyfully name and acknowledge our weaknesses and misery, not always gloss over and cover them, but rather remove every mask before God and the Blessed Mother, then we are preparing a throne for the Blessed Mother which pleases her. Away with the masks! We do not want to gloss over and cover up […]
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In this year, when we celebrate 100 years of the first women in Schoenstatt, we are invited by our founder to look at the person of Sr. M. Emanuele Seyfried “an excellent case of womanly wisdom“, “exceptionally noble, extraordinary elegant, extraordinary”. This is how Fr. Joseph Kentenich identified her when she was elected General Superior […]
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Let us walk like you through life. Let us mirror you forever, strong and noble, meek and mild, peace and love be our endeavor. Walk in us through our world, Make it ready for the Lord. (Heavenward, 171) Maria When something really inspires us, we can’t resist. When we know someone who […]
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We know that music has a calming influence on our lives. It helps us to think and pray and to be interiorly uplifted. What not everyone knows, however, is that Schoenstatt made a significant contribution to music in Brazil. Among the 12 German missionary sisters who were sent to Brazil by the founder, Father Joseph […]
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Mission at the religious memorial sites in Dachau during the 2020 pandemic I have been a consultant at the concentration camp memorial for several years. I mostly lead school classes. Sometimes I can walk through the memorial with Schoenstatt groups in the footsteps of Father Kentenich. Because of the pandemic, the memorial was completely closed […]
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International seminar in Schoenstatt To be in Schoenstatt once in a lifetime – that is where every Schoenstatter’s longing goes. Participating once in a lifetime in an international seminar in Schoenstatt and thus spending five months at the place of foundation and grace – this year sixteen Sisters of Mary of the younger generation from […]
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… This is how the journalist Christoph Hägele describes one of our Sisters of Mary in the newspaper “Fränkischer Tag”. How did he get there? The summer series 2020 of the newspaper wants to let people from different villages and cities in the country have their say and show how they live, what moves them, […]
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