“We experience the Austrian Schoenstatt Family as near as never before.” With these words a family from Lower Austria expressed their gratitude after our Illuminated Rosary, which we prayed during Holy Week here in the Shrine in Vienna and which was transmitted online. It was possible to send petitions in advance and we were amazed […]
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Lockdown! Stay at Home and Stay Well! BIG PROJECT DAY – One of Our Ways of Helping Here at our International Schoenstatt Center, we have two homes where our Sisters stay: our provincial home and our retreat center. Both houses are usually buzzing with busyness. The retreat center welcomes people – literally – from all […]
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Sister M. Erintrud Thomé, born in 1921, first remembers dates that are important to her during this Easter period 2020: April 12, 1894 consecration of our father and founder to Mary in Oberhausen April 12, 1931 My First Communion And then she described her experiences and impressions of this special time, about her first spiritual […]
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The Schoenstatt Sister M. Bernarda Brunner (1929-2019) died on Christmas Eve 2019 at the age of 90. She was the pioneer of infant care and mother’s counseling in the Sarganserland and gained a legendary reputation in the more than 25 years of her dedicated work. “My main task has always been to serve the welfare […]
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The pure eyes of the Blessed Mother radiate a love that penetrates into our hearts and shines through them. The personal relationship with the Blessed Mother has guided Father Kentenich from early childhood. Thus, the love for her was his inspiring life force that was transmitted to others. The love for Mary is an […]
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The Corona virus has us in its grip. Also in our Schoenstatt House in Meppen, Diocese of Osnabrück, there have been no events for several weeks. The cancellation of the reflection afternoon on March 24th was especially painful for us. We had invited a young Schoenstatt priest from the Diocese of Münster to be a […]
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The Blessed Mother has Spread her Mantle Over our School When we entered the school on Friday, March 13, 2020, we had no idea what challenges would come up in the next few weeks. Still in the morning it had been written in the newspaper that the Ministers of Education agreed not to close the […]
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My vocation dates back a good 40 years. If I do not see vocation – and I add: my vocation – as an event to be fixed in time, but as a process or a path, I certainly experience a connection to the Corona crisis. In the past 40 years I have experienced my vocation […]
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The “Sunny Corner” children’s center is located in a poor district of Camobi, a suburb of Santa Maria/Brazil. About 1,000 families live here in extremely poor conditions. Most of the adults are unemployed. Since the center is currently closed due to the Corona pandemic, the sisters are looking for other ways to help the families, for […]
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Mary, I want to do something for you! Sr. M. Linda: Sr. M. Violaine, for a long time now we have been living together here in the Provincial House of the Dynamic Province on Mount Schoenstatt. But my first memory of you is still a few years older. I got to know you as a […]
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