The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Koblenz-Metternich guard the grave of Sister M. Emilie Engel, support her beatification and carry on her spiritual inheritance. Sister Theres-Marie Meyer reports: “We have to love the poorest the warmest.” This sentence by Sr. M. Emilie motivated us to say “yes” many years ago when the “Tafel (table) Koblenz” […]
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On Saturday, June 20, 2020, in the Provincial House of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Otwock / Poland, the reception celebration – the handing over of the sister’s dress – to four novices took place. The young sisters eagerly awaited this moment. Therefore, despite the restrictions associated with the Corona crisis, it was a […]
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You are Christ, the Son of the Living God! (Mt 16:16) Today we celebrate the apostles Peter and Paul, two icons of the gospel, pillars of the early Christian church; founders of the first apostolic community, of the first apostolic covenant, who distinguished themselves through faith and preaching, fervor and missionary zeal, but also through […]
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From May 3 to May 31, 2020, Sister M. Joanna Bartyś spent time as a volunteer in the 2nd Department of Health and Care Facility, which is managed by the Caritas of the Archdiocese of Warsaw. Corona virus disease affected the patients and much of the staff at the facility. In this situation, the management […]
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Corona changes everything – including Corpus Christi Corpus Christi – always a highlight of the year on the Liebfrauenhöhe with more than a thousand worshipers, a solemn procession. The large flower carpets are made by the sisters and a large staff of helper staff the week before. How is this supposed to work this year, […]
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This difficult time of the pandemic creates a field that we Christians can rediscover for sowing. Due to the onset of the corona crisis, my previous field of work, group work with women and mothers, was unfortunately stopped. It was clear to me that there could be no standstill for my Schoenstatt apostolate. So I […]
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Sister M. Toni Wünnemann 1931 – 2020 Last Wednesday, June 10th, 2020, our former Superior General died at the age of 89 in Koblenz-Metternich. Sister M. Toni was born on April 27, 1931 in Merfeld, Coesfeld district, Münster diocese. On August 5, 1959, she joined our institute. As a young sister, she belonged to […]
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Missionary sister Marione Ginter reports on the effects of the corona virus on her work. After the newspapers reported that there were more than 1,000 corona virus deaths in Brazil within a day and the state of Sao Paulo now has more corona deaths than China, a number of Aichhalden citizens worried about Sister Marione. […]
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Where do we find rest and security? Think of the word ‘Blank Check’. I take a white piece of paper, put my name at the bottom and then tell the loving God ‘You can write up there whatever you will!’ I can only do that when I am a child, when I am convinced: the […]
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The corona pandemic dramatically aggravated this crisis. The capital city of Santiago was particularly hard hit by this – there are the most infected people here. In the “Casa de Marìa”, a social center in the poor district of El Peñon, Sister Marisol Alvear and her volunteer team make every effort to give people help and […]
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