Mary, full of grace! For the feast day today we would like to consider some words of this biblical scene as Fr. Joseph Kentenich presented it in a sermon for the German community in Milwaukee / USA on January 10, 1965. He said: “The Ave in her ear (Lk 1:26-38). From whom does the Ave […]
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A circle is complete After more than 45 years, I am now working again in the profession of a nurse, which I learned and practiced for several years before joining the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. Since then I have been able to gain experience again and again, which demanded a lot of […]
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“I have made you father of many nations.” Rom 4, 17 On this feastday of St. Joseph, we also celebrate the name day of the founder of the Schoenstatt Work, Father Joseph Kentenich. We look in a special way at his fatherly charism. Today’s liturgy introduces us to St. Joseph as a distinctive father-figure. Joseph […]
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CORONA – a virus • is spreading explosively over all countries of the world; every day we hear new news about its spread, about its fight, about precautions and protection measures, recommendations, obligations … • Events and meetings of all kinds will be cancelled; schools, day-care centers, and shops will be closed, and social contacts […]
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“It is worthwhile looking into one’s own life. The failures that others have, we also have in seed. We can perhaps more easily cover them up. I am simply human and nothing human is far from me. When a person has learned to know his own weakness and knows what a person can do to […]
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Each year during the month of February, a Day for the Sick, Aged and Physically Challenged is held at Schoenstatt, Constantia. Originally it was a purely Schoenstatt event which began in the “seventies” but over the years it has spread into the whole Archdiocese. It is organised by the Schoenstatt Sisters and actively supported by […]
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Opening of the jubilee year “100 Years of Women in Schoenstatt” Every year in February, the Schoenstatt Mothers of Burundi go on pilgrimage to Mutumba. They thank the Queen of Confidence for all the miracles that they receive through her intercession and they ask for strength for the coming year. This year, all the feminine […]
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In Timisoara / Romania we look back on the year 2019 with great gratitude. In October our diocesan bishop Josef Pál performed the house dedication, which many helpers had helped to prepare. Since then we have had other meetings for people who want to know Schoenstatt even more and for pilgrim groups. These include those […]
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Who is Father Joseph Kentenich to people all over the world? Only twenty minutes should answer this question: Of course not the minutes, but the young Sisters of Mary who came to Schoenstatt-Au that afternoon answer that question.. There, as on every 15th of the month, Holy Mass will be celebrated in the intentions entrusted […]
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