Under this theme, the Pilgrims’ Center in Schoenstatt offered two Reflection Afternoons in the week before the first Sunday of Advent. Several bus groups from Koblenz, from the Westerwald and the Eifel and many other visitors had registered again for the events that have been taking place in Schoenstatt for many years. A special program […]
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The Mother of God draws many people to the Schoenstatt Shrine in Atibaia / São Paulo, the provincial center of the Sisters of Mary. The shrine’s pastoral team is delighted to serve the approximately 200 thousand pilgrims who arrive each year from different parts of Brazil. Some need only a few hours, others travel more […]
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We tell you about the sweet Advent. See the first candle is burning. We tell you about a holy time. Make the way ready for the Lord. Rejoice, you Christians, rejoice very much. The Lord is almost here. “How often do we have to sleep until we can open the first door of the Advent […]
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Again, it was a Covenant Day, March 18, 2017, when Sister Marie-Madeleine Hesselmann returned to Germany for a mission in the “shadow of the Original Shrine”. 45 years ago she was sent to Argentina with her course sisters, Sr. M. Harriett Roderigo and Sr. Marianne Driller (+ 2015). It was a Covenant Day, November 18, […]
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Interview in Radio Maria Zagreb, Croatia, Oct. 20, 2018 Sister Ramona, why do you belong to the Schoenstatt Family? What fascinates you about Schoenstatt? This question makes me very happy and I could list many things that fascinate me about Schoenstatt. I want to pick three things: ♦ I belong to the Schoenstatt Family because […]
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Reception of Sister M. Renata Zanchin in Santa Maria, Brazil On November 10, 2018, the solemn reception of the young Miss Renata Zanchin into our Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary took place. It was the culmination of a five-year long journey since she met the Sisters of Mary and decided to follow […]
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“What is my path of holiness?” Fifteen young people from various cities in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina met in Santa Maria from November 9-11. They were inspired by the motto of the novices for their reception and asked about the call to consecrated life. After following in the […]
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Schoenstatt St. Mary’s High School in Bangalore, India acknowledges its 25th year of birth in the significant year of 2018. The silver sands of past 25 years glistened with moments of glory and happiness as we recalled the struggle, commitment and support of the management, principals, teachers and non-teaching staff who worked to make the […]
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Interview with Sr. M. Ivone Zenovello Schw. M. Ivone Zenovello is from Cambará / PR, Brazil. She joined our community in 1977, along with Sr. M. Carmem, her biological sister. Since 1999 she works in Italy. Schw. M. Ivone, when you entered the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in your homeland, you certainly […]
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That’s what Jesus said to Peter once. This was the focus of the Ecumenical Children’s Bible Day held by the Catholic pastoral unit Grünsfeld-Wittighausen and the Protestant parish. Around 100 children met to get to know the first apostle with Sister Annemarai Eberhard and a team of about 30 helpers. Peter is a bit like […]
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