Interview with Sister M. Alessandra Kempf Towards the end of last year, we Sisters of Mary in Quarten heard that a sister from our house in Weesen, Switzerland had symptoms of the coronavirus. She was tested and received a negative result. That reassured us and the provincial leadership made its usual Christmas visit there. […]
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With the Pilgrim Shrine the Blessed Mother opened a door of the St. Joseph’s Home for Seniors in Pförring, Germany. There, a beautiful journey of togetherness and deep spiritual experiences has begun. When I asked what was expected of me during my weekly visit there, the director specifically answered: “We need you to be a […]
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Information for the Schoenstatt Movement In view of legal action regarding statements in the publication „Vater darf das!“ (ISBN 978-3-95948-494-7) Mount Schoenstatt, March 6, 2021 Following the publication of the book “Vater darf das”, the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary has taken legal action against the author Dr. Alexandra […]
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The cafeteria “Hogar de Maria” (Mary’s Home) in Santiago was founded many years ago by the German missionary Sister M. Adelfonsis to ensure that children from needy families received a hot lunch every day. Since the children can now eat free of charge in the state schools, “Mary’s Home” has been changed primarily to a […]
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Sister Maria Hroswitha Jochheim August 6, 1904 – July 22, 1998 Sr. M. Hroswitha was born on the feast of the Transfiguration of Christ, on August 6, 1904, in Ikenhausen, Westphalia. She was the youngest girl of eight children. When did she hear about Schoenstatt? Early in the 1920s, Sr. M. Hroswitha heard about the […]
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Gratitude is the Memory of the Heart At the end of 2020, a year of intense challenges, isolation, searching for new methods and new creativity, we asked ourselves the question: What can we do Online to reach pilgrims and what feeling can we awaken in the hearts of people in this Advent and Christmas season? […]
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Interview of Sister M. Irena with Sister M. Elinor Grimm Sr M. Irena: Sr. M. Elinor, since the middle of November you have been in Algäu. How did that happen? Otherwise you are in Dachau and Kösching? Sister M. Elinor: Shortly before my name day I received a phone call from my superior on the […]
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Since both our retreat house and training center as well the dormitory for women in Constantia could no longer be used as such because of the Covid 19 restrictions, and since we now had an empty building and a staff without work, we came up with the idea to begin a project to fight poverty. […]
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For about a year now, our sisters’ house in Romania has been well reinforced with Sr. Marie-Gudrun. In an interview already published, she gives us an insight into how she is doing in another European country. Sr. Marie-Gudrun, what moved you to make the decision to come to Temeswar in the Diocese of Temeswar? Since […]
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Our Mission in the Year of the Pandemic We sisters in the Mater Dei Hospital have experienced an extraordinary year. We were conscious that we, in the name of our entire international family, had to give a “credible” response in the field of health care. One afternoon in March or April—these were very “dark weeks” […]
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