I had just returned to Schoenstatt from South Africa a half a year before – a few girls near the Original Shrine came to me and asked me if I would like to begin a Schoenstatt group with them. I was totally surprised, but also gladly ready to do this. Since then in 2012 I […]
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A climate of expectation and of joy reigned in the “Mãe de Deus” School of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Londrina, State of Parana, Brazil. On the 5th of February, the first day of school, the students were surprised with new, remodeled classrooms. One could see in the eyes of the more than 600 […]
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“Who am I that the Mother of my Lord should come to me?” (Luke 1:43) An icon of the Blessed Mother of Czestochowa has been visiting the Polish dioceses and parishes since the end of the 1950s. Since September of the past year it has been “pilgrimaging” through the diocese of Warsaw-Prague where our provincial […]
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From January 15 to 22 about 70 sisters from the so-called Dynamic Province met for their yearly schooling and community week. On December 8, 1966 this province was constituted. All the sisters who work for the Movement were gathered together into this province. The Dynamic Province Soon after the founding of the Sisters of Mary […]
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Every Day a Day of Grace “It was good for me. I will come again.” “I could really shut down.” “I have been here more often. Here I can come to rest and refuel.” These are the echoes Sister M. Annjetta Hirscher heard after the Oasis Days which she accompanied at the Liebfrauenhoehe from February […]
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Experiences at the Schoenstatt Center “House Mariengrund,” Muenster “Peoples and Nations Stream to Your Dwelling… …bringing their gifts of gratitude. Through your gates they enter in wonder, for they behold God’s glorious light!” These are words from the pilgrimage song to the Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen, and Victress of Schoenstatt. All over the world people […]
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Hélio and Mara Martins from Santa Maria/Rio Grande do Sul, parents of Sister Cristiane Maria, have been happy for four years about the vocation of their daughter as a Sister of Mary. They tell about the path which they have walked since the time of their daughter’s decision for the consecrated life. Editorial Staff: Mr. […]
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From January 15-18, 2018, Pope Francis visited Chile. For the most important Eucharistic celebration at a large park in Santiago, the Sisters of Mary were responsible for the sacristy, where 14 bishops and numerous priests and deacons who accompanied the Holy Father prepared for the holy Mass. The sisters prepared the place and brought the […]
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Radical Change, Upheaval, a New Beginning So many things are radically changing, posing questions, calling for a new beginning – right now, on the national and international political stage, and in the realm of our church. This also holds true in our personal life: radical changes, upheavals, new beginnings, situations that were not there like […]
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