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A New Beginning
As a result of the movement’s desire to experience a Covenant Mass, the doors of the Sisters House Chapel were opened for such a Covenant Mass for the first time[…]
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Message from Fr Catoggio President of the General Presidium
SCHÖNSTATT INTERNATIONAL GENERALPRÄSIDIUM Fr. Juan Pablo Catoggio, President General Presidium of the International Schoenstatt Work Statement on abuse accusations against Father Josef Kentenich This statement was prompted by accusations against[…]
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October Weekend – Part two
On Saturday morning, 5th November, we, the Schoenstatt Family, gathered once again at the Provincial House of the Schoenstatt Sisters. The Schoenstatt Mothers’ Union organised the registration and, to our[…]
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Annual October Weekend
Every year members of the Schoenstatt Movement come together in October to review the past year and to prepare for the coming year! You may ask, don’t we usually do[…]
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Schoenstatt is …
A Place
Schoenstatt is a German word meaning “beautiful place”. Schoenstatt is a religious center, a place of pilgrimage, a Shrine dedicated to Mary.
GET STARTEDA way of life
Schoenstatt offers a way of life in the covenant of love. “God is love” (1 John 4:16) and He invites us into a living relationship with him.
GET STARTEDA Movement
Father Kentenich founded Schoenstatt as a “movement of renewal which, from Schoenstatt, is to form the Church and world into Christ , as Mary did.”
GET STARTEDFrom Small Beginnings
History of Schoenstatt
Born in an anonymous town on the banks of the River Rhine in Germany, Schoenstatt has grown to be worldwide movement of consecrated people at the service of life – both in the Church and society at large.
Click here to find out moreFr. Kentenich
Joseph Kentenich, born near Cologne, Germany on 16 November 1885, came from very humble beginnings but God chose him to become the founder of an international Movement
A picture of grace
In every Schoenstatt Shrine a large picture of Mary hangs above the altar. The title of this picture is: Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen and Victress of Schoenstatt – MTA!