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Family Camp: Our Family, Saints for Today
This summer at Schoenstatt Family Camp, July 31-August 2, we will discuss what everyday sanctity means according to everyone's individual state in life and the tools available to us. Tools such as consciously offering contributions to the capital of grace, family...
Family Camp: Living out Divine Providence in our Family
Do you ever wonder why things are the way they are? And how can we, as a family, cooperate more with God’s plan in our daily lives? “We should see God behind everything in our daily life, in our joys, and in our sorrows. God is not a tyrant, but a loving Father who...
Family Camp: Learning to Listen – Letting God Lead
This year's Schoenstatt Family Camp will explore how we listen to God and let him lead, under the theme of Divine Providence. What is God saying to me through the people, events, and happenings in my daily life? How am I to know if I am responding as he wills? “The...
Family Camp: Divine Providence and Childlike Trust
This year's theme for Family Camp 2026 is Divine Providence. Often we wonder what is the will of God, and we are excited to explore this subject more with Schoenstatt Families at Family Camp on July 31-Aug 2. Registration is underway, and we look forward to seeing...
Family Camp 2026
The Schoenstatt Family Branch is excited to host its annual Family Camp, July 31-Aug 2, 2026, at the International Schoenstatt Retreat Center in Waukesha, WI. The use of campers and tents are welcome on the grounds for this weekend. Families may also register to stay...
Conference on Mental Health in Catholic Family Life
With the intention of strengthening Church life in Catholic families — the Domestic Church — Schoenstatt Families will host a conference on Saturday, April 18, 9 am - 5 pm, at the International Schoenstatt Retreat Center in Waukesha, WI, on the subject of Mental...
Father Kentenich beatification prayer suggestions
Father Kentenich beatification Prayer 1 God our Father,In Father Kentenich you have given us a father and a prophet,a witness and a herald of your message for our time,enkindled by the Holy Spirit. Give us of his fire. Give us of his founder spirit.Let his charism be...
Father Kentenich – Intercessory prayer for his beatification
Intercessors for Father Kentenich's cause Form for your offeringsThe Schoenstatt Mothers would like to invite you to pray for the beatification process of Schoenstatt's founder, Father Joseph Kentenich. Please consider offering any of the following: Rosaries Holy...
Bishop Hying Joins Covenant Renewal at Schoenstatt Heights
Bishop Hying joins covenant renewalMadison, WI | By Ann Ayala, Schoenstatt Diocesan Coordinator, Diocese of MadisonOn the chilly evening of Monday, October 17, 2022 – the vigil of the celebration of the 108th anniversary of the founding of Schoenstatt – the Bishop...
Pentecost Congress
Schoenstatt representatives from 28 countries participated in the Pentecost Congress around the Schoenstatt Original Shrine in Vallendar, Germany. Schoenstatt representatives from around the world listened to the voice of the Holy Spirit to find common international...
Blessed Pentecost
Blessed feast of Pentecost to each of you! Today, we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles and the birth of the Church, united in prayer around Mary, the Mother of Our Lord and our Mother.The descent of the Holy Spirit moves us to open our souls to...
To Rise In and With Christ
Words from the Catechism of the Catholic Church, 537 As we celebrate the mystery of our redemption, let us recall our participation in the life of Christ. Through Baptism the Christian is sacramentally assimilated to Jesus, who in his own baptism anticipates his death...