“Wherever I can spread joy by the way I am, wherever I can spread a little bit of sunshine through my words, through my life, I should take advantage of this, because doing so is something great. Joy is the magic key that unlocks people’s hearts, a divining stick that discovers mysterious sources of strength […]
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Reflection of the Divine – Sign of Eternity “Where heaven has touched earth and a saint has crossed the threshold to eternity, the eternal and the earthly are continuously in contact.” (Father Alex Menningen, 1969). God is omnipresent, he gives signs of his infinite love and power in every small and great thing that […]
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Effective in a unique way: Mary, the Mother of God “You are making impact. Take action more from the within.” This motto of the Congress of Women invites us to look at the Mother of God in a special way. She is effective in a unique way and she is so from within. She […]
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Without women Schoenstatt would not be what it is On December 8 of the previous year it was 100 years since the first woman sealed the covenant of love with the Mother Three Times Admirable, Queen, and Victress of Schoenstatt. Since then, the Women’s Movement has been an essential part of the Schoenstatt Movement. […]
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Sister Mary Hastings was born in Cape Town on 28 December 1932, in the shadow of the famous South African landmark Table Mountain. As a young girl, she joined the Girl Guide Movement which helped to shape her love of nature and outdoor activities. After completing her schooling, Sr Mary worked for the national […]
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On August 15 we commemorate Our Lady’s Assumption into heaven as the crowned Queen of Heaven and Earth. The feast of the Queenship of Mary follows seven days later. We think of her seated next to Christ the King; she shines forth as queen and intercedes for us as mother. In the Little Consecration Prayer, […]
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Our two Schoenstatt-Summer Camps in Hungary at the youth house Mary Home were very beautiful. Seventeen girls, aged 9-12, from the areas of Timisiora, Arad, and Szeged (Hungary) attended the first week. Some of the girls from this group attend every year. The theme was “You are precious!” Four of these 17 girls sealed the […]
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THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AN ELOQUENT SIGN OF HUMAN DIGNITY On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII solemnly proclaimed the dogma of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven with body and soul. It is a mystery [of our faith] that points to the dignity and supernatural destiny of each […]
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“If I like someone, if I really like that person, I believe in the good of that person and in their mission, even if I experience the opposite time and time again. (I give them) the benefit of the doubt.” Fr. Joseph Kentenich, IMPULSE Tucked in every human being is a saint and a criminal. […]
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Sr. M. Bernolda Winkels was born on 29 August 1906 in Essen, Germany and joined the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in 1933. Five years later she was asked to go to the missions of South Africa, which in those days meant that she would never see her home country again. She generously accepted the challenge […]
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