Perhaps It Will Spark!

Shrine festival in Nittenau on 28 April 2019 – a family experience – “Perhaps it will spark!” This was the motto of this year’s shrine festival at the Schoenstatt Center Nittenau.  Despite the “April weather,” the Schoenstatt Family of the Diocese of Regensburg arrived at the center late in the morning of April 28th to […]

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Europe’s Soul Burns – Flames of a New Beginning

Solemn May Opening in Schoenstatt-Au Borken We Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary had invited people to join us in opening the month of May in the Schoenstatt-Au Borken. We were presented with a joyful and profound experience. “It was a joyful evening! The spontaneous impression of a pilgrim can only be confirmed by an equally moved […]

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The light frame in the shrine

A child of Mary never perishes! “Under his skilful hands a wooden light frame was formed, which he placed around the image of the Mother Thrice Admirable in the shrine.” … (Chronicle) In 1919, i.e. 100 years ago, Fritz Esser, with great joy in every free minute, made the first light frame around the picture […]

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Children’s wishes come true

Recently I was able to celebrate my Golden Jubilee as a Sister of Mary. In gratitude I look back. My decision at that time to join the community of the Sisters of Mary at the age of 21 was probably one of my best decisions. I have never regretted it. This also gave me the […]

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Mary, Queen of May

An impulse for the month of May The month of May in the Catholic Church, at least in the northern hemisphere, is traditionally dedicated to the Blessed Mother. In temperate climates, it is a month when new life blossoms all around us and springtime explodes in its splendor and beauty. Parishes, groups, families, and individuals […]

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Kentenich-WORD „WITNESS”

„WITNESS” „We want to show through our lives that God lives.”   „… if the Mother of God has called me to lead the world to God, then I certainly cannot do that alone, then I need you.”

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“QUEENS OF EVERYDAY LIFE”

Since 2015, I have been able to support the Women and Mothers of the Schoenstatt Movement in the Dioceses of Würzburg and Bamberg as a “Movement Sister”. In doing so, I come into contact with very different women: ♥   Women who have just married and are seeking their way in their young marriage ♥   Women […]

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Half a Century as a Sister of Mary

Golden Anniversary of Consecration Fifty Years of Total Devotion to God in the Schoenstatt Work “Being a Sister of Mary for more than half a century means having found the full meaning of life,” says Sister Fernanda Balan. On March 19, 2019, together with six other jubilarians, she will celebrate five decades of her eternal […]

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The Blessed Mother conquers SOUTH INDIA

On October 18, 2007, a new stage in the history of Schoenstatt began in Kerala, South India. For the first time we Sisters sent out twelve Pilgrim Shrines. There are now 305 Pilgrim Shrines which are regularly distributed to the families. One has even been sent as far as Russia, another one is being sent […]

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Partaking in the same Covenant

On December 8, 2018, on the Solemnity of the Immaculata, we experienced an hour of grace that marked in a deep way the life of our Girls Youth.  We had a triple celebration since we celebrated the 45th Anniversary of the Schoenstatt Girls Youth in Puerto Rico; we crowned the Mother Thrice Admirable and Queen […]

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