Even before I formed you in the womb, I’ve chosen you, even before you came out of the womb, I have sanctified you:” (Jer 1.5) There is an old and beautiful custom of bringing children to the church to consecrate them to our Lord and the Blessed Mother. It is a custom that is unfortunately […]
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January 31, 2020 Thanks for the prayers and all support On behalf of the Schoenstatt Family in Australia, I would like to thank you all for your prayers and participation in this natural disaster which has been a cause for worry and sometimes frighteningly close to us for months now. recent photos: the grey behind […]
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Sister M. Lisette Seitzer was born on July 30, 1950 in Waldstetten / Diöz. Rottb.-Stuttgart. In May 1970 she entered the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in South Africa. After training as a teacher and working in this profession for two years, then studying psycho-pedagogy, anthropology and theology in French at a university […]
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“The key to Education is Love and Reverence J.K.” On Friday, 6th December, 2019, the “Villa Maria Educare” celebrated 50 years of its present existence! The Schoenstatt Sisters had been educating children in Cape Town many years before building the current Educare premises. “Doctors Rooms On Kloof “now occupy the space that had previously been […]
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At the “Shrine of Joy” in Herxheim they saw it appear. But the story began much earlier. Their very special place When the great wave of refugees came to Germany, the Blessed Mother led the first Iranians to us. Two of them wanted to become Catholic and were baptized in the parish church at the […]
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“Survival Strategies” On October 12, 2019, I held my first theme tour on this subject at the Dachau concentration camp memorial site. I suggested this theme a year ago because I found it interesting and hoped to mention our founder, Father Joseph Kentenich. Again and again in the preparation, I discover impressive examples of prisoners. […]
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Weekend for girls (8 – 13 years) in Heiligenstadt – Little Paradise I am Sr. M. Jacky-Ann Burmeister from South Africa, and I would like to let you participate a little bit in a weekend which I have held together with four very awesome leaders ages 15 to17 in the “Little Paradise”. They had asked […]
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2019 AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC YOUTH FESTIVAL (ACYF) Expo in Perth, Western Australia The Australian Catholic Youth Festival (ACYF) held every two years in a different city in Australia, is a chance for thousands of young Catholics (aged 15-25) to gather, encounter Jesus and celebrate their faith. This year, the city of Perth, Western Australia was chosen to host ACYF 2019 with the theme: ‘Listen […]
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Golden Jubilees are special occasions as they mark the fiftieth year of a specific occasion or event. In the Old Testament, if a Jubilee was announced, a trumpet was blown so that the whole congregation of Jerusalem could hear it. Today, we don’t blow trumpets to announce a Jubilee but rather come together as a […]
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I am proud to have a brother priest! For me it is still a miracle from heaven that he has chosen this path. We did not grow up Catholic in the former Soviet Union. It was not until I was 13 that I was baptized – without my parents knowing about it. In the meantime, […]
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