for everyday life … 07

“When you are convinced that the Blessed Mother in the shrine holds us in her hands, holds us in motherly hands, from here cares for us, from here educates us, then we are actually never alone.” Fr. Joseph Kentenich date unknown IMPULSE On a greeting card it says: “The beautiful thing about family is: one […]

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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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Message from the General Presidency of the Schoenstatt Work

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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Appointment of a New Commission of Historians

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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The Pilgrim Mother is There – even in the Corona Period!

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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“Perhaps it is not always advisable to remain nobly silent!”

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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Statement on Allegations of Abuse against Father Joseph Kentenich

  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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Statement of the International Schoenstatt Work

  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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“We have to love the poorest the warmest.” (Sr. M. Emilie Engel)

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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Great Joy and Gratitude

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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