His door is open

“Father Kentenich, who are you?” This question moves many people to seek the traces of Schoenstatt’s founder. The mystery of his person and his mission, his father charisma and his sensitive pedagogy invite one to a personal meeting with him. Then as today, this path leads many people to the Schulungsheim on Mount Schoenstatt. The […]

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Congress of “Friends of Kentenich”

In 2018, Schoenstatt children around the world will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the home-going of their father and founder into eternity. This anniversary was not forgotten in the kindergarten which bears the name “Mariengarten”. In September 2017 there began an intensive preparation. The highlight was on September 15 and 16, 2018, with the Second […]

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Great festivals cast their splendor ahead of them …

German-French impressions Quite unexpectedly Sr. Julia-Maria and I received an invitation of a special kind this fall: Joseph Engling called us to Cambrai on the 100th anniversary of his death! On the morning of October 1, 2018, we set off with our station wagon and took along many things that would help us there. Our […]

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Dilexit ecclesiam – He loved the Church

Festive Pontifical Mass on the 50th anniversary of the death of Father Joseph Kentenich Schoenstatt-Au, Borken, September 16, 2018 “I could not imagine that and how a fiftieth anniversary of death could be celebrated,” says Monika H. “And then I have experienced such a wonderful feast that I am amazed and cannot believe it all.” […]

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Joseph Engling, our “Big Brother”

Congress community in the footsteps of Joseph Engling After being able to experience September 15, 2018 and its surroundings in all its depth as representatives of our worldwide family, we were looking forward to the meeting with Joseph Engling on the 100th anniversary of his death. On October 4, early in the morning, we traveled […]

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“From Heaven”

With his call into eternity, Father Kentenich has fulfilled his promise to come “from heaven” to us, to Australia in the Far East. For 50 years this promise has accompanied us. In gratitude for his guidance, the Schoenstatt Family in Western Australia has decided to add a diamond to the crown of the Blessed Mother […]

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This is the Hour of Mary

The hour has come to be Mary in the middle of the world. The situation of today’s world motivates us to take over this mission! “This is the hour of Mary!” Father Joseph Kentenich, our founder, taught us this. Just when there seems to be no way out of existing circumstances, God has determined the […]

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Anniversary of the death of our father and founder in Otwock-Świder / Poland

The day of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of our father and founder, Father Joseph Kentenich, fell this year for us within the Schoenstatt Trideum, to which every year in September the representatives of the Schoenstatt Family of Polish Dioceses gather. This year, these days had a special meaning, because as a Schoenstatt family […]

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Helping the water Crisis

Due to the current drought in Cape Town, the City has implemented necessary strict water restrictions.  Many buildings have been installing new systems to conserve this precious gift of water and the Archdiocese of Cape Town has encouraged parishes and communities to find ways of saving water. For many months now, the Sisters have been […]

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September 15, 2018

Father Kentenich is alive! He continues his mission and works in the hearts! Throughout the Kentenich year, we here in Brazil have prepared for the anniversary of our founder’s going home into eternity: we have made him known through prayers, texts, biographies, photos, videos, cards with his words, group lessons, lectures, meetings, through a competition: […]

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