Rio Grande do Sul is experiencing its worst natural disaster to date. The state has been hit by heavy rains and tornadoes since April 27. Of the state’s 497 cities, around 450 have been affected in some way. Some rivers have risen and flooded everything, others have caused landslides destroying houses as a result of […]
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Professing the Christian Faith Emma is a young adult who has embarked on a new search for God. At the end of April 2024, she celebrated her First Communion in the Schoenstatt Shrine of Unity in Cambrai. She reports about her journey: “My name is Emma, I am 20 years old and I just […]
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“The Rosary is a wonderful “stopper” In the Schoenstatt Center in the Diocese of Fulda, this was a creative afternoon: seventeen children who are making their First Communion this year and one accompanying adult each came together in the shrine and in the Josef Engling House to learn how to pray the Rosary and […]
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Funeral of Monsignor Hermann Zimmerer in Vöhringen on May 10, 2024 On May 3rd, at the beginning of this Marian month, Monsignor Hermann Zimmerer went home to the glory of the risen Lord. He was the general director of the International Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary for 22 years and during these years […]
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Monsignor Hermann Zimmerer * 19. January 1932 † 03. May 2024 Words of our Superior General, Sr. M. Joanna Buckley, on the occasion of the funeral ceremony for Msgr. Zimmerer in Vöhringen, May 10, 2024 We Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary have come today to honor Monsignor Zimmerer and thank […]
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This webpage (https://www.s-ms.org/en/) has now been online for over 7 years and we would like to evaluate it and make some changes over the coming months. As the webpage and it’s content is intended to inform and inspire you, the readers, it is important for us to know your opinion, your suggestions and wishes. For […]
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May Prayer is more powerful than the power of money and knowledge AND more effective than weapons and the creative power of geniuses. J.K. INCREDIBLE Bujumbura, Burundi, can teach us much about the power of prayer. In 1993, a bloody civil war broke out in the country. There was a Schoenstatt Shrine dedicated to the […]
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Since I’ve been in Cambrai (October 3, 2023), I keep asking myself: Josef Engling, who are you? Who are you for me? Who do you want to be for us today? I discovered him more and more and I think he discovered me too. Many experiences and adventures with him in everyday life have shown […]
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A landslide leaves 2,485 people homeless On Friday afternoon, April 19, 2024, the ground shifted under the hill south of Mutumba, along the Kirassa River, where our hydroelectric station is located. The people fled their houses to find safety. At dusk there was a great landslide that cost the life of a child and 2,485 […]
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Every member of Schoenstatt has the great dream of visiting the Original Shrine, the place where it all began. It is impressive to see people from Brazil arrive at the shrine for the first time; there are often tears when that for which they waited such a long time becomes reality. This is how it […]
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