Some Vietnamese living in Germany had met “Linh thao”, a kind of silent day, in Belgium in 1991. Soon after, the first course took place. Through our contacts with Vietnam, I was able to invite them to the Schoenstatt Center Marienpfalz for the first time in 2011. At first it was only a course with […]
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Jubilee celebration of the Schoenstatt Shrine: Tabor of Freedom. The Blessed Mother gathered 8,000 children in her house. The Schoenstatt Shrine, Tabor of Freedom, in the Archdiocese of Belo Horizonte, in the State of Minas Gerais, celebrated its 16th anniversary on May 19th and it was a great celebration! Early in the morning, before 8:00 […]
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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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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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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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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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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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„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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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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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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