Every year at Christmas we realize once again that the miserable manger in the stable of Bethlehem was not a suitable place for the Christ Child to sleep. Here in La Victoria we come in contact again and again with families who do not have good mattresses. To help these people we started the initiative: […]
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“The same sun shines everywhere, and yet, its rays are especially effective in particular places, as in health spas. A similar effect is found with the Blessed Mother. She seeks a nearness to the earth in a truly human and motherly way. She chooses “favorite places” for herself, somewhat like our habit to set […]
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— Many Experiences, Many Risks, Many Blessing! This year, not only numerous shrines in Germany celebrate an anniversary, but we Sisters of Mary commemorate the foundation of two house communities of our sisters in 1940 in northern Germany: in Wilhelmshaven and in Neuenkirche/Oldenburg. Since September 14, 1940, there are Schoenstatt Sisters in the North See […]
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On December 8, 2020, it will be 100 years since the first women joined the Schoenstatt Movement. To celebrate this occasion, a new website is to be launched as a sign of gratitude: 100 women from the various communities of women and families in Schoenstatt tell their story. Women of all ages, different walks of […]
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For me this is a Dream Job! An Interview with Sr. M. Anna-Simona Menz, Schoenstatt by Sr. M. Linda Wegerer Sr. M. Linda: Sister M. Anna-Simona, we are sitting here very pleasantly in the entrance area of the Marienland Retreat Center—and that on a Sunday afternoon! Under ordinary circumstances this would actually be impossible for […]
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Because of my profession as an educator in a home for children, I meet with young mothers. In March 2020, I wanted to invite three mothers who were expecting a child to receive a mother/parent blessing. But then came the lockdown. The children’s home was closed from one day to the next and the connection […]
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During the pandemic, our work and our pastoral care in the Schoenstatt Apostolate of the Pilgrim MTA looks a little different. Requests arrive daily for prayers and for materials needed for independent work in the parish. In many parishes, the Pilgrim MTA still travels regularly among families. Members of the [Pilgrim MTA] circles participate monthly […]
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