Schoenstatt for a Synodal Church This was the core experience of our Pilgrimage group from the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, Germany, that met from February 14-19, 2024, in our International Schoenstatt Center in Belmonte, Rome. Our Rome team, which consisted of members of different Schoenstatt communities in the diocese—priests, families, the Women‘s Federation, youth, and Schoenstatt […]
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A Project with Potential for the Future Easter—that’s what we Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary experienced in a special way last year. And with us, many others: Young and old, those for whom Easter means a lot, others who rediscovered the meaning of this feast day. Many also came across our Easter trail by chance. Preparations […]
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… after the investiture ceremony on January 27, 2024 Dear organizers of the investiture ceremony of nine new sisters! We are very happy as a family federation course and as individual members for Sr. M. Malgorzata Andrzejkowicz and all of the other eight sisters. We continue to pray for strength and God’s protection for the young, very international […]
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Retreat in Everyday Life for Young Women in Budapest, Hungary For one week, from February 18-24, 2024 we four sisters from Germany, Switzerland, and Hungary, and two sponsors organized a week of retreat in everyday life for young women aged 16 and over. “What was very good is that I experienced an unusually caring […]
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From March 23-25, 2024, twenty-eight members of the six Secular Institutes of Schoenstatt met for a conference in Schoenstatt, Germany at Mt. Moriah. Theme: The Evangelical Council of Poverty At this meeting, which has been held annually since 2018, the participants delve deeper into their common charism and profile as Schoenstatt’s core communities. This year’s […]
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An outward pastoral for vocations – but also one ad intra. We are grateful to experience that in our sisters’ family there is not only an outward pastoral for vocations, but also one ad intra. We 21 sisters from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Germany, Romania, South Africa, and the USA have been […]
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Once a year, the students of the Newman Center at Texas A & M – Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) travel to McAllen, TX, to serve at the Catholic Charities Migrant Respite Center. Since I am currently studying at TAMU-CC, I was able to participate in this mission trip last September and would like to share my […]
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Interview with Sister Rita-Maria Alessi – Part 2 – Sister Rita-Maria Alessi has been part of the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary for 54 years. For 45 years she has lived and worked in the St. Josef residential home in Weesen, a home for adult women with physical or mental disabilities […]
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Interview with Sister Rita-Maria Alessi – Part 1 – Sister Rita-Maria Alessi has been part of the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary for 54 years. For 45 years she has lived and worked in the St. Josef residential home in Weesen, a home for adult women with physical or mental disabilities that […]
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The Sacred Meaning of One Human Life Dr. Sr. M. Elena Lugo member of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, returned home to the Heavenly Father at age 85, after four weeks of a painful but rapid deterioration of her body due to an already metastasized cancer. Fully conscious and clearly convinced that life is the goal […]
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