On November 27, 2021, our heavenly Father called our dear Sister M. Daniela Rensing home into eternity. She died peacefully at the age of 90, after a long and blessed life. We give thanks for her life and her work in Texas! May she rest in peace! Read more: https://schoenstattsistersofmary.us/in-thanksgiving-for-the-life-of-sister-m-daniela/
Today we celebrate the birthday of our father and founder. We give thanks for his person and calling to found the Schoenstatt Work. The Schoenstatt Press Office congratulates Father Kentenich with a series of witnesses who shed light on their relationship with him in the here and now. These short videos will be posted every …
Our family Fruit of the Vine Home Shrine was blessed on March 18, 1981, at the home of my parents, John R. and Elisa Garza, in Harlingen, Texas. All the family, including my married sister and her family, chose the name and made contributions to the capital of grace in preparation for the blessing of …
The name of our Home Shrine was chosen after much thought. There is, it seems to us, a lack of purity and an absence of belief in God in the world. Faith is a gift—one that the Blessed Mother wants to offer us through her immaculate presence in our home. This gift then becomes, through …
At the time of its dedication we were both working and our children had “a bit much” extra-curricular activities. We led a life of “busyness” and yearned for quiet and stillness that would help us develop a deep prayer life. We chose the name Bethany because it was there that Jesus visited the home of …
The story of our home shrine under the title of Childlike Acceptance began with the purchase of our first home in Corpus Christi in 1986. We married that same year. Both of us were members of the Schoenstatt Movement prior to our marriage so it was very natural to invite the MTA into our new …
I was introduced to the Schoenstatt movement in 1976. I started to attend Women’s League retreats and pilgrimages at Lamar (Confidentia Shrine). Although I did not know much about the movement, I grew to have a very deep devotion to our Blessed Mother. This inspired me to organize pilgrim buses to Lamar from Rio Grande …
We chose this title because of the need for mercy and miracles in all of our lives, both the experience of Jesus’ mercy and miracles, and also the teaching of mercy for ourselves and for others. Jesus can and will do what is humanly impossible through trust in Divine Providence, as the Blessed Mother lived …
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Two years after having made our Covenant of Love, and abandoning ourselves to Divine Providence, we were expecting our 5th child. We had just moved to a new home that was removed from our previous church family and not very close to our Schoenstatt friends either. We longed to dedicate our home shrine but were …
The Blessed Mother came to dwell in our house through the Home Shrine in the year 2005. Although, I was the only one in Schoenstatt at the time (Mother Branch), my family welcomed the Blessed Mother. In a few years everyone was drawn into Schoenstatt! Our daughters grew up in the SGY and my husband …