100 Years of Women’s Movement in Schoenstatt – Insights 06
For me this is a Dream Job! An Interview with Sr. M. Anna-Simona Menz, Schoenstatt by Sr. M. Linda Wegerer Sr. M. Linda: Sister M. Anna-Simona, we are sitting here very pleasantly in the entrance area of the Marienland Retreat Center—and that on a Sunday afternoon! Under ordinary circumstances this would actually be impossible for […]
Read moreThe Coronavirus Crisis—an Opportunity for New Ways of Pastoral Care
Because of my profession as an educator in a home for children, I meet with young mothers. In March 2020, I wanted to invite three mothers who were expecting a child to receive a mother/parent blessing. But then came the lockdown. The children’s home was closed from one day to the next and the connection […]
Read moreWays of the Blessed Mother during the Pandemic in Poland
During the pandemic, our work and our pastoral care in the Schoenstatt Apostolate of the Pilgrim MTA looks a little different. Requests arrive daily for prayers and for materials needed for independent work in the parish. In many parishes, the Pilgrim MTA still travels regularly among families. Members of the [Pilgrim MTA] circles participate monthly […]
Read moreYou Have the Words of Everlasting Life (John 6:68)
Investiture of Six Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Burundi, Central Africa With great joy we could celebrate the investiture of six novices on October 25, 2020. Before joining us, each of them had belonged to the vocational discernment circle and was inspired by the ideal to be a little Mary. They, too, want to bring […]
Read moreThe Story of a Suitcase
We all have a suitcase in our life, – either large or small. Sister M. Emilie liked to remember a sermon about the suitcase of our life and she applied this image to her own life. God gives each person a suitcase for life; the size of the suitcase corresponds to a person’s needs and […]
Read moreSchoenstatt Sister of Mary is Named “MINT Teacher of the Year”
“MINT Teacher of the Year” There is great joy in the Schoenstatt Marian School (SMS) in Vallendar, Germany—still in the splendor of its seventy-fifth anniversarythth—because Sister Christamaria Brueck, who formerly was a student there and now teaches religion, mathematics, and computer science, received the Klaus von Klitzing award on November 10, 2020. It is awarded […]
Read moreInformation regarding the Founder Archive
The Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary will open their Founder Archive on November 16, 2020. It is located in the Novitiate House on Mount Schoenstatt. Inquiries may be directed to the archivist, Sr. M. Dominika Hügel; Tel.: 261-6404-466 Email: archiv@s-ms.org General Government of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary
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“We are beautiful when our soul is beautiful. Our soul is beautiful if it is completely dedicated to God and the divine. Then the whole person is beautiful…Whoever has mastery over self, who knows how to surrender their entire being to Eternal Goodness is beautiful.” (Father Joseph Kentenich, date unknown)” Fr. Joseph Kentenich date unknown […]
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