Sieben jüngere Mütter schließen das Liebesbündnis im Schönstatt-Heiligtum in Brig, Schweiz Seit sieben Jahren treffen sich junge Frauen jeden Monat in Haus Schönstatt in Brig zu ihrem Frauentreff. Wenn immer möglich verpassen sie keinen Termin. Wir können uns die Frage stellen, was es auf sich hat, dass junge, engagierte Frauen und Mütter diese Treffen einfach […]
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From February 21-23, 2025, members of the six Schoenstatt Secular Institutes came together for the eighth time for a study conference on Mount Moriah in Schoenstatt, Germany. After the previous conferences in which the evangelical councils were the focus, this time the focus was on the calling to be secular institutes in a digital world. […]
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“This is an interesting coincidence: the 90th anniversary of the Sisters of Mary in Dietershausen and the motto for the Holy Year “Pilgrims of Hope,” said a participant at the meeting day on January 26, 2025 at the Schoenstatt Center in Dietershausen, Diocese of Fulda. How much both events, 90 years since the first arrival […]
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The First Covenant Celebration in 2025 at the Schoenstatt-Au in Borken, Germany “A wonderful evening. A ray of hope in all the confusion today! The hope was palpable …” What moved Mrs. M. was expressed in a similar way by other people at this first covenant evening in the New Year. After all, this eighteenth […]
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When we approached the 50th anniversary of the death of our founder Father Joseph Kentenich in 2018, we reflected upon what we could offer as a regional Schoenstatt Family in Valais, Switzerland to make our founder even better known to the local people. Learning more Angela Schwestermann from the Schoenstatt Family League and Sister M. […]
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A Youth Pilgrimage at the Beginning of the Year 2025 The two Catholic youth groups from Timisoara – Hungarian-speaking and Romanian-speaking – still enthusiastic from last year’s Schoenstatt trip on New Year’s Eve, fulfilled their great wish to begin this new year at a Schoenstatt Shrine. Thanks to generous donations from Germany and their own […]
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“Rabbi, where do you live?” He said to them, “Come and see.” So they went and saw where he lived and stayed with him that day; it was like the tenth hour.” (John 1:38-39) This is the experience of the youth group of this year’s “School of Leaders”. They wanted to get to know the […]
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During the morning of November 29, 2024 the children of the Raio de Sol¹ (Sunray) Kindergarten made a pilgrimage to the Schoenstatt Shrine in Atibaia, Brazil. With the Mother Three Times Admirable of Schoenstatt, they experienced a day filled with faith and joy. They sang, prayed, and delighted the other pilgrims who had also come […]
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“Above All, Hold on to Love” was the motto of the Family Vacation Plus in Wagrain, Austria. Like a common thread, the motto ran through the days—through the impulses, prayer times and the sharing sessions. This was particularly impressive during an evening discussion in which the couples told each other how they experience God, […]
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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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