at the end of the first half of 2019 in the social project “Sunny Corner” Camobi – Santa Maria/RS-Brazil In the deepest winter of Santa Maria, the joy of the children in the children’s and family center “Sunny Corner” – CEFASOL shone like a radiant, warming sun. On August 17th, Saturday afternoon, many families came […]
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A journalist lives a day with the Sisters of Mary Excerpt from a newspaper article by Patricia Hobi, Mels, Switzerland (Part 1) A life for God and our fellow men: 28 Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary live in the Neu-Schönstatt Center in Quarten. A visit to them shows that they are anything but withdrawn. In advance, […]
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Post Silver Jubilee year, we have experienced that we need to trust in Divine Providence more and if we have crowned the Blessed mother, that crowning need to be lived and repeated. On Maundy Thursday, we experienced the fury of Nature and with one rain the entire drain water by over flowing destroyed the school […]
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Our “Sonnenau-WG” (WG= Community on the Way) took place in Oberkirch during Pentecost week – a Schoenstatt week for girls from 13 to 15 years. This week we live together: getting to know Schoenstatt in great conversations, cooking together, joint activities, letting the soul hang loose and experiencing wonderful times in the Shrine. There especially […]
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When I graduated from the Gastro-Operational Manager course-in (Gastro suisse) in Switzerland a few years ago, I never thought about ever studying anything in the direction of theology. Theology was in my eyes something for “students”, but not for me. In recent years not only my external situation changed, but also my thinking about God […]
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Physiotherapist “My name is Sister Petra-Maria. I’m a physiotherapist.” It is not uncommon for the first encounter with a new patient to begin in this or a similar way. For four years I have been working as a physiotherapist in a clinic in Koblenz, not far from Vallendar, Schoenstatt. And your work colleagues? “Do people […]
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A deacon feels inspired to do something for Mary, for the families of his parish. He is convinced that his second graders, the altar boys, the baptismal families, etc. need a mother. And Jesus gave us his mother on the cross: “See your mother!” That is why the deacon is ready to start a larger […]
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A group of 15 young people from Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, and the United States are participating in the Schoenstatt Leadership School in Germany. They visited our Motherhouse on Mount Schoenstatt on July 12th, accompanied by Father José Luis Zabala, the leader of this time of training. Prayer together in the Motherhouse […]
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The joy of being a Sister of Mary A fire burns in the heart of every person who is called to leave everything out of love for Christ and for service to or in the Church. This burning enthusiasm gives the strength to overcome all difficulties with confidence and to give one’s life entirely to […]
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In conversation with Sr. M. Emmanuela Ghioldi, Mutumba (Burundi) Sr. M. Emmanuela Ghioldi from Switzerland has been living in Burundi, Central Africa, for almost 25 years. On the way to a conversation with her we meet three women. They are interested to hear from the sister from Africa. Sister Emmanuela is a nurse and director […]
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