After celebrating Christmas Eve Mass with Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Basilica, it was only right to go to the manger in St. Peter’s Square to adore the newborn baby Jesus. Passing the crowds expressing their joy by singing Christmas carols from different countries or through video calls and photos, we approached the nativity scene, which […]
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On the 18th of January 1934, ninety Years ago, the first Schoenstatt Sisters arrived in South Africa. A longing waiting to be fulfilled. Sr. Melitta joined the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in August 1930. As a part of her discernment process, she expressed to Father Kentenich her desire to work in mission countries. He assured […]
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For over 30 years we Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in Quarten, Switzerland, have been inviting people to visit our crèches at our center, New Schoenstatt. This year too, a good 100 people made their way to our crèches. Absolutely a camel The children may wear a costume, if they wish. Some know in advance what […]
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January Gratitude is always a sign of a noble person J. K. Measuring Up Where do I stand? How do I want to proceed? Obvious questions at the beginning of a new year. When satisfaction does not dominate the answers to these questions but the pain of “not yet achieved,” the heart feels downcast. A […]
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“I was born for something greater,” this is the premise that resonates in the depths of the human heart. “I was born for something greater” – each and every one of us is born for something great. God brought us into existence in his love and mercy and designed a plan of love for us. He […]
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“What is the image of God that shines forth from the manger? God in diapers! God is unveiled as the God of an inconceivably divine and merciful love, as the God of an inconceivably divine and condescending love, and of an inconceivably wise, divine love. … The love that the God-man shows us here […]
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It Brought Out the Best in Me Faith has “brought out the best in me.” That is one reason Sister M. Theresita Rutzmoser is grateful from the bottom of her heart. For the past year, the Schoenstatt Sister of Mary has been taking a double course of study at the Episcopal Vicariate General in the […]
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100 Small Crowns for the Pilgrim MTA Fifteen years ago, the first Pilgrim MTA shrine from the Polish missions in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, arrived in Boleslawiec, Poland, which is in the diocese of Legnitz. The Pilgrim MTA shrine came to the Szykowski family. Today there are 170 Pilgrim MTA circles in 47 parishes in […]
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On the Road in Joseph’s Footsteps: NINE Postulants, SIX days, but only ONE great and deep experience. From November 23-28, 2023 we, the postulants of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, experienced something very special. Joseph Engling himself probably called us to Cambrai in order to understand Schoenstatt even better and to be able to live the […]
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A short reflection for the day of the Immaculata, the Feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Father Joseph Kentenich attested that a pure person possesses natural dignity that comes from God and a pure person knows how to preserve it. Purity makes a person receptive to grace and ready to fulfill […]
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