For centuries, men have predominantly overseen the academic domain of theology and key committees in the Church, but women have an essential role to play. Sr. M. Isabell Naumann, a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary, shares insights on her journey as a woman in various leadership roles within the Church. By Sr. Francine-Marie Cooper, ISSM “All […]
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Testimonies and examples from men who experience the Pilgrim MTA. We Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary who work with the Apostolate of the Pilgrim MTA in Switzerland and Liechtenstein receive much feedback about her visits to homes. It is mainly women who provide the feedback, but there are also testimonies and examples from men who experience […]
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Give me a soul that resonates with the shrine. When Bishop Devair Aráujo da Fonseca from the Diocese of Piracicaba in the state of São Paulo/Brazil, spent a day at the Schoenstatt Tabor Center in Atibaia/São Paulo, he experienced the dedication of a home shrine by Bishop Milton Kenan Júnior from the Diocese of Barretos, […]
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Rio Grande do Sul is experiencing its worst natural disaster to date. The state has been hit by heavy rains and tornadoes since April 27. Of the state’s 497 cities, around 450 have been affected in some way. Some rivers have risen and flooded everything, others have caused landslides destroying houses as a result of […]
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Professing the Christian Faith Emma is a young adult who has embarked on a new search for God. At the end of April 2024, she celebrated her First Communion in the Schoenstatt Shrine of Unity in Cambrai. She reports about her journey: “My name is Emma, I am 20 years old and I just […]
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“The Rosary is a wonderful “stopper” In the Schoenstatt Center in the Diocese of Fulda, this was a creative afternoon: seventeen children who are making their First Communion this year and one accompanying adult each came together in the shrine and in the Josef Engling House to learn how to pray the Rosary and […]
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Funeral of Monsignor Hermann Zimmerer in Vöhringen on May 10, 2024 On May 3rd, at the beginning of this Marian month, Monsignor Hermann Zimmerer went home to the glory of the risen Lord. He was the general director of the International Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary for 22 years and during these years […]
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Monsignor Hermann Zimmerer * 19. January 1932 † 03. May 2024 Words of our Superior General, Sr. M. Joanna Buckley, on the occasion of the funeral ceremony for Msgr. Zimmerer in Vöhringen, May 10, 2024 We Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary have come today to honor Monsignor Zimmerer and thank […]
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This webpage (https://www.s-ms.org/en/) has now been online for over 7 years and we would like to evaluate it and make some changes over the coming months. As the webpage and it’s content is intended to inform and inspire you, the readers, it is important for us to know your opinion, your suggestions and wishes. For […]
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May Prayer is more powerful than the power of money and knowledge AND more effective than weapons and the creative power of geniuses. J.K. INCREDIBLE Bujumbura, Burundi, can teach us much about the power of prayer. In 1993, a bloody civil war broke out in the country. There was a Schoenstatt Shrine dedicated to the […]
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