Greetings from the Confidentia Shrine! Today, we remember the death day of Gilbert Schimmel. He was born in rural Wisconsin in 1906 and grew up on a farm and later in a small town. His work took him to the Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, where he met and married Joanna Hintz. As a worker …
Greetings from the Confidentia Shrine! Much too fast, the Christmas season came to a close and by now we are well into the new year 2023. Only ten days ago, we buried Pope emeritus Benedict XVI, a friend of Schoenstatt. His first encyclical letter Deus Caritas est encapsulates the heart of the Christian faith in …
“Our pilgrimage to the Holy Land led us to the Shepherds Field. What a beautiful surprise and greeting we got as we entered the cave. We were moved to tears when we were greeted by our MTA. A genuine sursum corda moment! Of course, we prayed for all intentions of our Schoenstatt Family, especially also …
Advent Greetings from the Confidentia Shrine, The Old Testament knows a linguistic stylistic device called the prophetic perfect tense. It announces an event of the future but uses the past tense as if the event had already occurred. The idea behind this is: God has decided that something is going to happen, and if he …