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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In light of the 100th anniversary of the “Women in Schoenstatt”, the Schoenstatt Women’s Youth in Brazil is celebrating its 80th anniversary. Inspired by the words of the father and founder, Father Joseph Kentenich, they chose the motto of this year: “You are my promise!” Various initiatives were planned with the aim of strengthening the […]
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Moved from the Inside A conversation between Sr. M. Linda Wegerer and Sr. M. Margarete Hanenberg, Schoenstatt Sr. M. Linda: Sr. M. Margarete, we are celebrating 100 years of the Women’s Movement in Schoenstatt. And of these 100 years, you have witnessed and shaped exactly half of them. You came to Schoenstatt 50 years ago. […]
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Come, Holy Spirit! The coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost coincides with the end of May this year. It was a very different and very special month because we lived in the middle of the corona pandemic. Without a doubt, we all experienced our weaknesses and limitations during the lockdown. We may also have […]
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Childhood memories of May Now in May I like to think of the experiences of my childhood when every year we invited Mary, the Mother of God, to our home in our nursery. This happened for the first time when I was 6 years old, my sister 5 years old (see photo). Our mother told […]
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