Dear Schoenstatt Family throughout the world! Yesterday, Bishop Stephan Ackermann of Trier announced that he will appoint a new historical commission in the process of beatification for our father and founder, Father Joseph Kentenich. The task of these experts, the majority of whom do not belong to the Schoenstatt Movement, will be to collect and […]
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The Diocese of Trier will appoint a new commission of historians for the beatification process of Father Joseph Kentenich. It will have in particular the task “to collect all now accessible documents of the Vatican Archive that in some way relate to this beatification process, and to assess their significance.” This can be seen in […]
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Mary was “stopped” in some pilgrim shrine circles – some experiences: ► The pilgrim shrine is at my home and I ask Mary every day to bless the people she otherwise visits. X. ► A deacon has 21 pilgrim shrines in his parish. Since Mary can no longer be on the road at the moment, […]
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Historian and author Sr. M. Doria Schlickman Interview: Heinrich Brehm, PressOffice Schönstatt The publication of an article in a Catholic weekly newspaper in Germany brought up events from the 1950s that put both the founder of Schoenstatt and the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in a bad light. www.schoenstatt.de asked Sister M. Doria […]
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Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary Statement on Allegations of Abuse against Father Joseph Kentenich The General Presidium of the International Schoenstatt Work has already commented on the accusations against Father Joseph Kentenich, which were first published in an article by Alexandra von Teuffenbach in the weekly newspaper “Die Tagespost” on July […]
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General Presidium of the International Schoenstatt Work Statement on abuse accusations against Father Josef Kentenich This statement was prompted by accusations against the founder of the Schoenstatt Work, Father Joseph Kentenich, first in an article by Alexandra von Teuffenbach in the weekly newspaper “Die Tagespost” on July 2, 2020, and in subsequent press releases […]
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The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Koblenz-Metternich guard the grave of Sister M. Emilie Engel, support her beatification and carry on her spiritual inheritance. Sister Theres-Marie Meyer reports: “We have to love the poorest the warmest.” This sentence by Sr. M. Emilie motivated us to say “yes” many years ago when the “Tafel (table) Koblenz” […]
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On Saturday, June 20, 2020, in the Provincial House of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Otwock / Poland, the reception celebration – the handing over of the sister’s dress – to four novices took place. The young sisters eagerly awaited this moment. Therefore, despite the restrictions associated with the Corona crisis, it was a […]
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From May 3 to May 31, 2020, Sister M. Joanna Bartyś spent time as a volunteer in the 2nd Department of Health and Care Facility, which is managed by the Caritas of the Archdiocese of Warsaw. Corona virus disease affected the patients and much of the staff at the facility. In this situation, the management […]
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Corona changes everything – including Corpus Christi Corpus Christi – always a highlight of the year on the Liebfrauenhöhe with more than a thousand worshipers, a solemn procession. The large flower carpets are made by the sisters and a large staff of helper staff the week before. How is this supposed to work this year, […]
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