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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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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On the eve of Laetare Sunday, the Sunday of joy during Lent, a special service took place for the first time in the coronation church on Liebfrauenhöhe. In a cooperation project with the Musikverein Ergenzingen and the choir Notabene from the neighboring village Baisingen, the service became a message, an experience of God’s unconditional love […]
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As living members of the Church, we have been keeping watch with the Schoenstatt Family in Poland at the Black Madonna in Czestochowa. On the night before the fourth Sunday of Lent, the Schoenstatt Family in Poland has been meeting for many years on the Bright Mountain (Jasna Góra) in Czestochowa. We experience ourselves as […]
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March 24, 2019: The initiative “Praying together” took place in many locations throughout Germany. The Adoration Sisters on Mount Schoenstatt also participated and offered the time of prayer in the Adoration Chapel. From Gabi Wehner from the diocese of Fulda came the initial spark: “Everything is in upheaval: in the parish, in the church, in […]
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“‘Santa Casa’, a holy house – and in a holy house one should live holy. He who lives holy is holy.” These words of Father Joseph Kentenich during his visit to the Santa Casa Hospital in Londrina, Paraná, Brazil, on April 12, 1947, became our motto. “In spite of the difficulties that exist, I would […]
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100 Years of Plaques in the Original Shrine – 125 Years since the Consecration to Mary by Father Kentenich Sister M. Pia has once again excavated and investigated and brought to light events with small details, some of which were not yet known. One Schoenstatt Father humorously called them “holy moles”. On the evening of […]
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Perhaps you are thinking: The gift of suffering? What does that mean? Gifts are usually something we appreciate, something we desire or are happy to receive. None of these descriptions match up with suffering. Just thinking about the sufferings we all have to encounter – disappointments, family struggles, physical or emotional pain, guilt, confusion… How […]
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„RADIANCE” A reflection of the dear Mother of God. “What we proclaim outwardly, we want tobe inwardly: a refl ection of the dear Mother of God. Her splendour should radiate from our entire being.”
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Kentenich week in Zermatt Two years ago I told our pastor about the Kentenich year and the desire to make our founder, Father Joseph Kentenich, more internationally known on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death. The pastor was very open with regard to Zermatt: Why should we not call out a Kentenich […]
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