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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“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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