“Ask the Animals …“ – 01

Like a CHICKEN?! Have you ever thought about chickens?    Maybe you have some of your own! We love the good eggs that we get from them! But have you ever watched a chicken drink? It dips its beek deeply into the water. Then, with its beek filled it quickly raises its head and the […]

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Sister Maria José do Amaral

My name is Sister M. Angela Zam and I have been a member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary for thirty-three years. I would like to tell you about a co-sister who had an impact on my life and on the lives of many others long before I entered the Institute: […]

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The Medical Center in Mutumba

The medical center of the Mutumba mission station with its hospital, outpatient clinic and maternity ward is the first one for the people of this region and often the only place for them to recieve medical care and advice. Last year 14,423 patients were treated here by the nurses in the outpatient clinic and 2,253 […]

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„Patris Corde“

„Patris Corde“ Pope Francis places Saint Joseph at the center of the letter “Patris Corde.”  He sketches Saint Joseph’s personality and vocation in seven chapters.  A beloved father A tender and loving father An obedient father An accepting father A creatively courageous father A working father A father in the shadows This inspires us to […]

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Sister M. Erintrud Thomé Celebrates her Hundreth Birthday

Sister M. Erintrud Thomé celebrated her hundredth birthday with remarkable alertness. She was born on March 7, 1921 in Düsseldorf-Benrath. After completing school she first worked in an office. “I am led by God.“ She had her first contact with Schoenstatt in 1942. The centenarian tells us,“Actually, I wanted to go to Kevelaer, but my […]

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Annunciation of the Lord

Behold, a Door Opened … The feast of the Annunciation of the Lord directs our gaze to the extraordiness of faith. On this feast God meets man, supernature meets nature, greatness meets the smallness. Mary, the immaculately pure one, is the first human person to witness the one and triune God. Through the archangel Gabriel […]

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With a Fatherly Heart

“Joseph employed his legal authority over the Holy Family to devote himself completely to them in his life and work. He turned his human vocation to domestic love into a superhuman oblation of himself, his heart and all his abilities, a love placed at the service of the Messiah who was growing to maturity in […]

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for everyday life … 15

“If we give our hearts to the Blessed Mother and the Blessed Mother gives her heart to us, then we can walk through the world with our heads held high, with clear eyes and a courageous step.” F. Josef Kentenich IMPULSE “If we give our hearts to the Blessed Mother…?”  How would we spontaneously finish […]

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Fourteen Co-sisters Afflicted with the “Coronavirus”

Interview with Sister M. Alessandra Kempf   Towards the end of last year, we Sisters of Mary in Quarten heard that a sister from our house in Weesen, Switzerland had symptoms of the coronavirus. She was tested and received a negative result. That reassured us and the provincial leadership made its usual Christmas visit there. […]

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