Dear pilgrims to the Original Shrine

Greetings to all from our “Cradle of Holiness”.

We are going through difficult times in our world. The pandemic continues to cause much pain and death in many places. Slowly we are seeing signs of hope, but the pain and concern continues, and we know it will continue for a long time to come. In addition, we are now facing the economic consequences, and for many this means a lack of work, access to basic needs, etc.

As a Schoenstatt Family, we are also shaken by the accusations against Father Joseph Kentenich, who loved and believed in Mary's work in the Shrine like no other.

Somehow, discouragement and insecurity are strongly installed again in many hearts.

That is why we believe that from the Original Shrine and from each Shrine we should contribute with a strong flow of prayer and capital of grace to ask the Blessed Mother to reveal herself to the whole world in her strength and her goodness.

In this way we want to invite you to a “novena in adoration”; in the Shrine.

We have called this action “I rely on your power and your goodness” by taking the first part of this beloved prayer.

It will take place for 9 weeks every Friday from 8 p.m. to Saturday at 7 p.m. (CET)

We start next Friday, July 17th, and end on Saturday, September 18th.

Possibilities of participation:

• Those who are in the Schoenstatt area can register at urheiligtumschoenstatt.gebetonline.ch (there will be instructions for protection, registration, etc.). Please note the following: In order to guarantee 24-hour adoration, we are especially looking forward to occupancy during the time from 20:00 to 07:00.
• It will also be transmitted on the Internet via urheiligtum.de and the corresponding YouTube channel.
• We invite those Shrines who wish to join us on any day and at any time and to conduct their Adoration in parallel to this, to inform us so that we can highlight them during Adoration.

We count on the prayer of each one and we know that it is the central force of the Christian.

Greetings and our commemoration from the Original Shrine

P. Pablo Javier Pol
Rector and team

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