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Summer—Fall 2015 The Pilgrim M ther Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign ~ The Pilgrim Mother ~ Vol. 2 Num. 3 ~ www.schoenstattrosarycampaign.com ~ 262-522-4326 ~ [email protected] Dear Missionaries of the Pilgrim MTA, Queridos Misioneros de la Mater What a great summer this has been with Peregrina, El camino de coronación consiste richly blessed celebrations of golden ¡Que verano hemos tenido! Ha sido en rezar el Rosario por la Iglesia en anniversaries and conventions that give us uno lleno de bendiciones y países que experimentan lots to think about. In several states the celebraciones de varios aniversarios. persecución por su religión, inclusive missionaries gathered during the month of En varios estados la Mater fue EEUU. Las coronitas están siendo May in order to crown the MTA. In June coronada por los misioneros en el fabricadas, y estarán disponibles we had the annual convention and in July, mes de mayo. En el mes junio más tarde en el otoño. the Exile Congress, commemorating the tuvimos nuestra convención anual y 50th anniversary of the end of Father en el mes de julio tuvimos el Durante estos meses también Kentenich’s exile, the founding of the Congreso del Exilio para celebrar 50 estamos invitados a unirnos a la community of the Schoenstatt Fathers and novena de Rosarios de 54 días. the Game of Love sermons. años de la liberación del Padre, de los sermones del Juego del Amor, y Now we move ahead, but not without de la fundación de la comunidad de Sigamos el camino de coronación giving thanks and re-savoring the los Padres de Schoenstatt. hacia el 2016 y concentrando experiences of these encounters. Our nuestras fuerzas en vitalizar mucho 1 newsletter will walk you through the SRC más este hermoso apostolado de la convention weekend, and introduce you Ahora queremos continuar, pero no sin antes agradecer y pos-gustar las Mater Peregrina. Asegúrese de leer to the beautiful plan of crowning our Pilgrim nuestras recetas de la Campaña y Mother next year. Yes! This year we want experiencias de estos encuentros. Nuestra carta circular le permitirá la reflexión acerca de Don Joao. Le to prepare to crown our Pilgrim Mother. servirán de gran inspiración para su Which one? Every single one of them! - desandar el fin de semana de la apostolado. the ones we carry from home to home as convención de la Campaña, y le well as the Auxiliaries, too. presentará el hermoso plan futuro de Deseándole abundantes bendiciones Our crowning path consists in praying the coronar a la Mater Peregrina el próximo año. ¡Sí! Queremos desde el Santuario, Rosary for the Church in countries where the people face religious persecution - not prepararnos para coronar a la Mater Hna. M. Isabel the least in the USA. The crowns for our Peregrina. ¿Cuál Mater Peregrina? Pilgrim MTAs will be available later this ¡Todas las Mater Peregrinas! - las fall. They are still being manufactured. que llevamos de hogar en hogar y las Auxiliares también. Also, during these months we are also invited to join the 54 day novena for our country. Let us follow the coronation path into 2016 and concentrate our strength in giving much life to this beautiful apostolate in our different areas. Make sure you take a look at the SRC Recipes and the reflection on Deacon Pozzobon. It will certainly inspire us to share the richness of our Campaign with many others. Wishing you rich blessings from our Shrine, “Prayer, Mission, Go Out!” These words were spoken by our Holy Father, Pope Francis.. Mary Grace Sánchez, SRC Office …during his audience with the this great excursion, the Schoenstatt Movement during the missionaries returned to the Center Estas palabras de “¡oración, Jubilee Pilgrimage, outlining the where they shared their “SRC misión, salir!” de nuestro Santo order in which a missionary begins Recipes,” that is, how they further his work. In the Schoenstatt Rosary the mission of the Pilgrim MTA in Padre fueron la gran inspiración Campaign National Convention, this their own groups and areas, learning de nuestra convención en junio. order spelled out by the Holy how other missionaries are working Father was the backbone of the with their Pilgrim MTA’s, trying Cada una de las presentaciones weekend. their best to accommodate the trazó el paralelo entre estas different circumstances they palabras y nuestro mundo de Each of the speakers outlined a encounter. Schoenstatt - en concreto, con beautiful and clear parallel between This convention provided a good the Holy Father’s words and our opportunity to develop a nuestro apostolado de la Mater Schoenstatt world, more precisely connection to Deacon Joao, to Peregrina. Esto se reforzó con los our Pilgrim MTA Rosary Campaign learn of his humbleness, of his and its clear answer to the Holy complete surrender to the Blessed talleres del viernes en la tarde y 2 Father’s call for a missionary spirit. Mother, and his entire dedication la caminata de evangelización el to serve as instrument for her sábado en la mañana. En la On Friday, there were afternoon mission of taking Jesus to the most workshops, which gave those needed. Through Deacon Joao, we tarde del sábado compartimos attending the opportunity to learn come again to the Blessed Mother, nuestras “recetas,” es decir, and to exchange their own insights letting her bring us to Jesus, with cómo cada uno desarrolla su and experiences with the whom we go lovingly to the Campaign. Father. apostolado y misión de la Mater Peregrina en sus distintas áreas. The workshop about the missionary spirit of Joao Pozzobon – that kind La convención fue una gran of spirit we should put our efforts oportunidad para crecer en el into -- was also a way to illumine all espíritu de compromiso y de of the missionaries, to encourage humildad y de entrega de Don their perseverance in their own spiritual lives, Joao Pozzobon. and also to encourage them to always return back into the field, even if they have to start again from something very little, as Joao did with the campaign. For him it was a new start each day. On Saturday, the missionaries made a foot pilgrimage throughout Milwaukee, WI to call to mind what hands-on SRC missionary work is really like. It also provided a sort of model for a different approach to missionary work in the areas of those making the pilgrimage. After Deacon John Pozzobon Our Inspiration Curtis Kneblik, Dayton, OH There are many characteristics of desire to study for the diaconate even the Bishop. We see in John a John Pozzobon that can serve as an and serve the Church and the simple childlike honesty about his 3 inspiration for our work in the people through ordination. We mission. He didn’t offer lofty Rosary Campaign, but three are know of a story about John, when theological discussions but simply overarching in all his work: John’s he went to the Bishop and asked to said that he had a mission to pray connection to the Church, his be ordained a priest. Why? Because the Rosary with the people and he connection to the shrine, and the people were confessing their consecrated himself to the Mother finally, his complete embrace of the sins to him and he wanted to help of God, in her Shrine. mission. them. Because this was not When critiqued, John responded possible he studied for the First of all, we see in the life of with a simple clear description of diaconate. When he was ordained John a great love and connection to his mission. When a priest a deacon his mission changed the Church. John’s life revolves questioned his allegiance to the considerably. Now that he was able around the Church. John is not a Schoenstatt image of Mary, he to bless the people, to baptize the mere “Sunday Catholic.” No, his simply responded that this was the people, he took on a new identity. whole life is bound up with the one he liked, “…As the mother of We see John’s commitment to daily church and the mission. How do God has many titles…I revere all Mass, to the mission of the parish we see this? We see this in the these titles…(p. 90) but I have (parish retreat, offering up spiritual care he takes to remain connected surrendered my heart to this bouquets, building project, to his Bishop and the apostolic title…Mother Thrice Admirable work he is undertaking. We know ordinations, mission to the poor). and Queen” (A Hero Today Not that each year on December 8, the It should also be noted that John’s Tomorrow, 1991 ed.). feast day of the Immaculate connection to the Church was also We also see in the life of John a Conception, John would send a a source of pain and mis- great love and connection to the report to the Bishop outlining his understanding for him. There were Shrine. John’s heart lived always in activities with the Pilgrim Mother. priests who challenged John in his the Schoenstatt Shrine. How do we This report also went to Fr. mission and on numerous see this? Kentenich. We know that John occasions he had to defend carried in his pocket a letter/card Schoenstatt. Was it the radical In his sending this report to Fr. of the Bishop’s blessing on his apostolic witness of John that Kentenich we see how he remains work. created the tension? Many times in contact with Fr. Kentenich Besides his clear respect for the John faced questions from the despite the fact that this was a authority of his bishops, we see his people, the Sisters, Priests and difficult time to do so.

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