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Vocation Story Sr. M. Geralyn – Philippines

“The Blessed Mother, our dear MTA in the shrine, attracted me so much.”

Involved in a Fascinating Life

Reading by the Author in the Father-Kentenich-House, Mount Schoenstatt “I’ve known our founder for over forty years, but research into his life for this book has allowed me to see more completely his full stature.” With these words Sr. Dr. M. Doria Schlickmann summed up what she has seen in a new way and what […]

Important Visitor – Also for Children

I have to struggle with myself to go into the religion class. But I have been doing it for several years now – because of the children and the Pilgrim Mother. I tell them that I bring an “important” visitor. This interests the children. Many like to have visitors. The visitor is: Mary and her […]

Motor Camping Tourism Fair in Stuttgart

Sr. M. Elena, our pilgrim sister at the Schoenstatt Center Oberkirch, received a request from the Department for Pilgrims and Pilgrimages in the Diocese of Freiburg to work for one day, even though two sisters were already there, at a booth at the CMT fair (Camping Motor Tourism Fair) in Stuttgart, Europe’s largest vacation fair. […]

THE TIME IS NOW: BURN FEARLESSLY!

Retreat for University Young Women in Waukesha, Wisconsin, USA “The time is now: Burn Fearlessly!” This is the motto of the Schoenstatt Girls & Young Women in the USA for this year 2019. As an answer to the difficulties that our Church is facing and in view of the many little and big challenges that […]

Vocation Fair at the World Youth Day in Panama

In Omar Park in Panama there is a large vocation fair designed to provide young people with information and guidance places that help them to identify their vocation to a life dedicated to God and His Kingdom. There we are representing Sisters of Mary with a stand prepared in Chile. Sister Maria Carolina Miranda summarizes […]

A Family on the Move

Living as a family and preparing for the mission During the year they work in 14 states of Brazil: from the Amazon to Paraná. They inspire groups of families, adolescents, mothers, missionaries and coordinators of the Pilgrim Mother. Together, they serve the church and enrich it with the charisma of Father Joseph Kentenich. But every […]

The “10 Minutes at the Crib” – a Perennial Favorite

For two and a half years I have been working in the Pilgrim Center in Schoenstatt, and one of the most beautiful events of the year is the “10 Minutes at the Crib”. For years, it has been known in the region and beyond that this event gives families a nice Christmas experience. We sisters […]

On the way to the founding anniversary

The end of the year is an opportunity for many families to meet. Children who study and live far away visit the parents. The joy of children who want to show their Christmas gifts to everyone fills the house. It is the time to look back over the past few months and look forward to […]

Kentenich-WORD „FREEDOM”

„FREEDOM“ „The human being is the creature that finds its fulfilment in growth towards God.” „The more the human person grows into the freedom of God, the more he matures in the true freedom of God’s children … the more will the human person and society be perfected.”