Schoenstatt in Kenia

In August Sr. M. Iona from Cape Town South Africa travelled to Kenya for three weeks to visit members of the growing Movement. Her journey took her to Nairobi, Saba Saba, to Kabibi  near Bungoma in the north west of Kenya, and Mugoiri, for a Girls’ seminar which was attended by  85 young people attended. […]

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Emilie Day in Koblenz-Metternich

October 6, 2018 was a beautiful autumn day! Emilie Day in Haus Providentia in Koblenz-Metternich! Approximately 120 people had registered. Our concern in the Kentenich Year was to bring Sister M. Emilie into focus with our father and founder. We chose the theme: How Father Kentenich conveyed to Emilie Engel the image of the merciful […]

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Housekeeping is a Matter for the Boss

In September 2018, the “Housekeeping Team ” of the Marienland Educational Center on Mount Schoenstatt came together for the second time for a training course in the Father Kentenich House. These team trainings take place at regular intervals – usually monthly. In 2018, the accent, along with technical and internal questions, was to get to […]

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Camp with 187 girls

At least thirteen camps for girls are offered each year by Sr. M. Fabiola and Sr. M. Consolate in Burundi, Africa. They are courageous. Their wish: ” As little tools in Father Kentenich’s hand, carry into the future, his person and mission in Africa.” When 187 girls come to a camp, the number is not […]

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Why not go out on the street?

The “Father Kentenich Way” becomes the life path of Father Kentenich. “Why not go out on the street?” Is the spontaneous reaction of the 10th graders of the Schoenstatt School of Mary in Borken to the proposal to design an exhibition in the school building for the 50th anniversary of Father Kentenich’s death? The eastern […]

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His door is open

“Father Kentenich, who are you?” This question moves many people to seek the traces of Schoenstatt’s founder. The mystery of his person and his mission, his father charisma and his sensitive pedagogy invite one to a personal meeting with him. Then as today, this path leads many people to the Schulungsheim on Mount Schoenstatt. The […]

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Congress of “Friends of Kentenich”

In 2018, Schoenstatt children around the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the home-going of their father and founder into eternity. This anniversary was not forgotten in the kindergarten which bears the name “Mariengarten”. In September 2017 there began an intensive preparation. The highlight was on September 15 and 16, 2018, with the Second […]

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Great festivals cast their splendor ahead of them …

German-French impressions Quite unexpectedly Sr. Julia-Maria and I received an invitation of a special kind this fall: Joseph Engling called us to Cambrai on the 100th anniversary of his death! On the morning of October 1, 2018, we set off with our station wagon and took along many things that would help us there. Our […]

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Dilexit ecclesiam – He loved the Church

Festive Pontifical Mass on the 50th anniversary of the death of Father Joseph Kentenich Schoenstatt-Au, Borken, September 16, 2018 “I could not imagine that and how a fiftieth anniversary of death could be celebrated,” says Monika H. “And then I have experienced such a wonderful feast that I am amazed and cannot believe it all.” […]

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Joseph Engling, our “Big Brother”

Congress community in the footsteps of Joseph Engling After being able to experience September 15, 2018 and its surroundings in all its depth as representatives of our worldwide family, we were looking forward to the meeting with Joseph Engling on the 100th anniversary of his death. On October 4, early in the morning, we traveled […]

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