People Should be Able to Experience Their Dignity – Part 1

Interview with Sister Ruth-Maria Bortis, Brig, Switzerland  –  Part 1   Sister Ruth-Maria Bortis worked for almost 20 years as a nursing specialist in Spitex (external hospital assistance and care). Until her retirement, she was affiliated with the Upper Valais Social-Medical Center. Since then, she has been a freelance nurse for 2 years. Sister Ruth-Maria, […]

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People Should be Able to Experience Their Dignity – Part 2

Interview with Sister Ruth-Maria Bortis, Brig, Switzerland –  Part 2   Sister Ruth-Maria Bortis worked for almost 20 years as a nursing specialist in Spitex (external hospital assistance and care). Until her retirement, she was affiliated with the Upper Valais Social-Medical Center. Since then, she has been a freelance nurse for 2 years.  You are […]

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Hope: A Christmas Cantata by the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary

The lights go out, the bells ring and the stars shine. In the month of November 2024, Christmas was experienced every Saturday evening in the Tabor Shrine of the Perpetual Presence of the Father in Atibaia/SP, Brazil. In the soft light of candles, more than 500 participants took part in the retreat during these days […]

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The Sisters of Mary celebrate 50 years of mission in the Dominican Republic

On September 5, 1974, our community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary was established in the Dominican Republic, marking the beginning of a mission that we celebrate today with deep gratitude. For this reason, on Sunday, November 17, 2024, we celebrated with great joy the 50th jubilee of the presence and mission of the Schoenstatt […]

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Crown for Crown, Love for Love, Loyalty for Loyalty!

On November 1, 2, and 3, 2024, Monterrey witnessed an event longed for by all the Schoenstatt Girls’ Youth in Mexico: the National Journey that is celebrated every two years, this time entitled “Discovering the Essential.” This encounter gathered around 200 young women from different states of the republic, including: Chiapas, Aguascalientes, Chihuahua, Iguala, Monclova, […]

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Christmas is a blessing for us

A Christmas Party for our Employees   As many companies do, we Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary at Liebfrauenhöhe, Germany also invite our employees to an “Advent Christmas party” during Advent. We thank them for their work during the year in and around the house – from the laundry, kitchen, housekeeping, office, agriculture to the nursing […]

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Christmas Vigil Holy Mass in the Adoration Church

An invitation! Would you like to join us online for the Holy Mass on the Evening of Christmas Eve in the Adoration Church?   Via this Link the  Holy Mass will be transmitted, 24.12.2024 at 10.00 pm (CET) a heartfelt welcome! We Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary wish you a blessed and happy Christmas: The Word […]

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HUMAN(S)CHILD

DECEMBER We can breathe again. We are a redeemed humanity. Heaven is open to us again.  J. K.   HUMAN(S)CHILD   Advent—a time to make wishes. What is great fun for children is sometimes difficult for adults. When asked last year what they associated with longing, 2500 people mentioned the following in particular: “missing someone/something,” […]

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First Schoenstatt-Day in Maria Radna, 10.19.2024

“The place at the heart of the mother – the place of the child – is your place. Come and take it.” This was the message of the first Schoenstatt Day in Romania! On Saturday, November 19, 2024, the Schoenstatt Family in Romania, mainly from the Diocese of Timisoara, was invited to the first Schoenstatt […]

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PATIENCE

NOVEMBER To be good, you also need a bit of time. J. K.   PATIENCE Actually, I know it is not prudent to respond immediately to a remark or to an E-Mail that angers me. I wish I had the attitude my grandmother had in her old age – when life had long been reduced […]

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