A Healthy Childhood – a Treasure for Life

Besides my other work: an online course in pedagogy With great joy and gratitude, I graduated in December with an online degree in pedagogy. The major consisted of eight semesters of intensive classes. Since the courses were online, I could complete my degree alongside my other work in the community of the Schoenstatt Sisters of […]

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At A Second Glance- 02

“Let us take every created thing as a great picture book of God, As a book of readings about him.” J. Kentenich Vacuum Cleaner And then it happened again: In the middle of Holy Mass, she felt everything slipping from under her feet and she slumped to the side. When asked what it’s like to […]

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A Meeting with the Bishops of the Diocese Quilmes, Argentina

On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, we Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary had the joy of greeting our Bishops in the Diocese of Quilmes in New-Schoenstatt, Florencio Varela, Argentina:   Bishop Carlos Tissera, Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo Redondo, whose episcopal ordination was on February 17, 2023, and  Bishop Emeritus Juan Carlos Romanin of Rio Gallegos, who currently is […]

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REGINA COELI, LAETARE, ALLELUIA!

Happy and blessed Easter! Frohe und gesegnete Ostern! Radosnych i błogosławionych Świąt Wielkanocnych! Alegre abençoada Páscoa! ¡Felices y bendecidas Pascuas!

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Ready for the Future

Interview with Sister M. Anne-Meike Brück, Manager of the Marienland Conference Center   For more than 40 years, Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary have been living in their province house, Marienland. Together with the Women’s Branch of Schoenstatt they decided, during the lifetime of the Founder of Schoenstatt, Father Joseph Kentenich, to build a large convention […]

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How has Schoenstatt inspired my life – Part 02

The Schoenstatt Family of Australia gathered this year for the annual leaders meeting at the Shrine in Mulgoa, Sydney. Sr. M. Thomasine Treese gave one of four testimonies on the subject: How has Schoenstatt inspired my life – Part 02 He listened with great interest. Soon I had the chance to read him my life’s […]

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How has Schoenstatt inspired my life – Part 01

The Schoenstatt Family of Australia gathered this year for the annual leaders meeting at the Shrine in Mulgoa, Sydney. Sr. M. Thomasine Treese gave one of four testimonies on the subject: How has Schoenstatt inspired my life? Because of the long distances, she, like other speakers, gave her statement via Zoom from Perth. She makes […]

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The Blessed Mother Has Not Forgotten Her Promise!

A Mission in the Shadow of the Original Shrine   In September 2019, I took up my new work in the shadow of the Original Shrine in Schoenstatt, Germany with much joy. Before that, my work as a Schoenstatt Sister of Mary was in my country, Argentina. During the past three and one half years […]

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Surrender –

Lenten Retreat for Women in Rome Saturday, 4th March 2023   “«Surrender» a precious gift the Lord has given me this Lent. A surprise of how the Lord always works in my life and comes to me precisely with an encounter … providence that every time surprises me and that perhaps I will never get […]

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Remembering her encounter with Father Kentenich

Interview with Sister M. Eileen Johannsen, who witnessed Father Kentenich’s time in Milwaukee.   On January 23, 2023, the day of her 86th birthday, Sister M. Eileen arrived at Schoenstatt. Since then, she has traveled to various places in Germany, Austria, Hungary and Switzerland, talking about her encounters and experiences with Father Kentenich. Before returning […]

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