ARGENTINA, Elsa García • With great joy and in an atmosphere of much love, on May 18, 2024 we celebrated Pentecost at the Nogoyá Wayside Shrine. — The children of the neighborhood catechesis with their catechists, united with the mothers and collaborators of the Schoenstatt Wayside Shrine of the neighborhood of Chañar, celebrated the feast of Pentecost with meditations,

GERMANY, Renate Siebenkäs • On this Pentecost Monday – in the German Church a second Pentecost Day, in the universal Church the Marian feast “Mary, Mother of the Church” – not only the Church celebrates her birthday, but also our Schoenstatter, Renate Lell. On Pentecost Monday, May 20, she looked back on 102 years and on the entire development

ARGENTINA, Maria Silvia Jorge • In the year 2021, from the Prison Pastoral of the Archdiocese of La Plata, we were invited to participate in the project “Literary Pavilions” of the Penitentiary Service of the Province of Buenos Aires, in which we would work through a Zoom connection, with wards of the different prisons of this province. — A

PARAGUAY, Sonia and Johnny Zaracho • The Municipality of Encarnación has donated a piece of land to the Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, and now it is time to build on it, physically and spiritually. The project is already well defined in stages. — One of the first stages of the project is the construction of multipurpose rooms with

EUROPE, Jaroslava Danielová • “I really felt at home” this weekend from May 3rd to fifth in the Schoenstatt Center near Ingolstadt. Together with my husband, I was part of this year’s meeting of the European Forum of Schoenstatt Families. Ten families from seven European countries, Schoenstatt Fathers and Sisters of Mary experienced a unique community. — We began

SPAIN, César Fernández-Quintanilla •  When we talk about Mallorca, we all think of coves with crystal clear water, beautiful mountain villages surrounded by olive trees, luxury yachts? and its beautiful cathedral. And indeed, when I returned to the island last weekend, I found all that wonderful world again. But I also found something else. — The small Schoenstatt Family

ARGENTINA, Juan Barbosa •  The pandemic we went through has left us with some rather forgettable and unpleasant memories. We have lived through hard times and, in the midst of them, there was something to rescue by listening to the Holy Spirit. It was in the midst of this situation that the Madrugadores del Santo Cristo were born in

EL SALVADOR, Florencia Couto • The Schoenstatt Movement in El Salvador is experiencing a boost in all the branches, and especially in the couples. Thanks to a series of activities, both spirituality and attachments have deepened. — The visit of Father Raimundo Costa, a Chilean Schoenstatt Father based in Costa Rica and advisor to the movement for El Salvador,

CHILE, Editorial Team Schoenstatt.org •  José María Fuentes, member of the Men’s Federation in Chile, submitted a working document to schoenstatt.org prepared at the request of the National Presidency of Schoenstatt Chile. The document’s purpose was to encourage reflection on the 75th anniversary of the “31st of May.” Exactly, 31st of May 1949 – that important moment in the

GERMANY, Renate Siebenkäs • On the feast of the “Patrona Bavariae”, the patron saint of Bavaria, the Blessed Mother received a large number of guests in the Shrine of Unity on the Marienberg (Mount Mary) in Schesslitz/Bamberg. During the Mass, the faithful were shown how contagious trust can be. I just have to open myself to it. The sermon