At the beginning there was the question: Is it really the will of God to accept this position? When we considered within the community whether I should accept the new task in the Episcopal Ordinariate of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, the decision was not so easy. After a longer back and forth, the decision was […]
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The relief organization “Aid to the Church in Need (ACN)” invited Emeritus Patriarch Gregory III Laham from Damascus to Switzerland. For seventeen years, Gregory was responsible for the fate of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church in Syria, which is united with Rome. Through contact with our house chaplain, Schoenstatt Father René Klaus, it was possible […]
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Today on the founding day of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, we may share some joyful news: On September 29, 2021, it was officially announced in Rome that Sister M. Isabell Naumann was named a member of the International Theological Commission. Sister M. Isabell is the provincial assistant for Australia and the Philippines. She is […]
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Hearts Full of Gratitude “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts …” (Hebrews 3:15) This statement from Sacred Scripture likely resounds in the hearts of Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary as October 1st approaches. What causes this resonance? The answer is quite simple: Five years from now this institute within the Schoenstatt […]
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“Holiness is the most attractive face of the Church,” writes Pope Francis[1]. He draws attention to the fact that many saints who have not been canonized nevertheless encourage and accompany us through the witness of their lives. It is with joy that we present one of these “attractive faces” of our sisters’ family here. Her […]
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Sister M. Lumengarda Kner February 6, 1914 – January 9, 2002 At the farm near Maria Rast House in Germany, one could hear the voice of little Nico coming from the neighboring forester’s house. He was with the cows and called to them, “Rejoice, rejoice, Sister M. Lumengarda is coming!” Yes, the “stable sister” was […]
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The Park of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Trier – a Paradise for both Human Beings and Animals Visitors discovered long ago that squirrels have found a permanent and paradisiacal abode in Caspary Park in Trier-Heiligkreuz. Fast as lightning they move from branch to branch, climb up and down the trees, and cross […]
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“Enrich the life of the Church with your charism!” This request of Pope John Paul to our Institute prompted our Brazilian province, the Schoenstatt Tabor Province with its headquarters in Atibaia, SP, to send a sister in the 1990s to Italy to bring the charism of Schoenstatt there, to enrich the life of Church in […]
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The Dove Where am I at home? Where do I feel sheltered and accepted? Where can I be myself? Where do I feel good and balanced? This can be a beautiful place where I come to rest, a spot in nature, in my gazebo, on the shore of a lake … But places alone […]
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With great joy we announce that the collection of prayers “Heavenwards” has now been published in the Polish language! For a long time the Schoenstatt Family in Poland awaited these fundamental texts of its founder, Father Joseph Kentenich. Various attempts to translate and compile the individual prayers had been undertaken. But a unified translation that […]
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