“To be even more one heart and one soul …” (J. Kentenich)

“To be even more one heart and one soul…”, this wish of Father Kentenich stands above the celebration of the renewal of the coronation, at which around 100 members of the secular institutes of the Ladies of Schoenstatt and the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary as well as the Schoenstatt Women’s Federation took part on August […]

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ONLINE COURSES THANKS TO MOBILE PHONE DONATIONS

A report by Amalia Tornini, Member of the Board of Directors “Casa de María”, El Peñon, Chile Those who thought that this terrible pandemic was about to peak and that the contagion was decreasing were wrong. There are still strict traveling restrictions for most of the metropolitan areas in our city of Santiago and other […]

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Despite “Corona” – vacation in sight!

Who does what??? “Who will set up bed linen?” – “I will pack games.” – “Should I ask the kitchen to prepare food for us?” We four sisters were occupied with such questions for a few days. They increased the anticipation of our vacation together. We are allowed to spend it in a small house […]

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MJF summer days

“… we won’t let that be taken from us!” Corona is making a heavy line through the calendar At the beginning of the year, my schedule for 2020 looked promising: group meetings, women’s congresses, jubilee days, schooling days, vacation weeks – all the events to which I was supposed to accompany various sisters in order […]

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… How did the Corona Pandemic affect us? – Part 03

Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary during the Corona Pandemic We are now in the third part of our documentary about the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in times of the Corona Pandemic. Today we would like to show you how we have tried to help people in need. In a very concrete way, this was done in […]

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Family Reunion in Schoenstatt

In the Anniversary Year of the Women’s Movement The work in the pilgrim center in Schoenstatt is always marked by surprises. The visit of the Gerlach family and their relatives in recent weeks was a special experience. This family is related to Marie Christmann, the late sister M. Magdalena, and her cousin Gertraud von Bullion. […]

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… How did the Corona Pandemic affect us? – Part 02

Welcome to the second part of our documentary about our life as Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary during the Corona Pandemic. In the first part we have seen what prayer initiatives have developed in our worldwide community during the last months. This second video is about our apostolic work, about our connection with the groups in the […]

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… How did the Corona Pandemic affect us? – Part 01

How did the Corona Pandemic affect us as Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary? The last months have brought many changes, sacrifices, questions and worries – also for us Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. Many things that we were used to were no longer possible. But this crisis has also awakened much creativity in our worldwide community. In […]

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IN THE PANDEMIC PERIOD

…  MANY PILGRIMS VISIT THE SHRINE Since March 22, 2020, the gates to the Schoenstatt Shrine “Tabor of the Everlasting Presence of the Father” in Atibaia / State of São Paulo – Brazil have been closed due to the “Covid-19” pandemic. This prompted a ‘fire in the embers’ in the sisters to “go out from […]

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“We cannot go back!”

“With Maria, full of hope and confidence, we go into the newest time!” (7.9.1968) This sentence from our founder, Father Joseph Kentenich, is the foundation of trust in a new time and in a new era that encourages us to do an online apostolate with several initiatives here at the TABOR OF FREEDOM shrine in Confins […]

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