Schoenstatt Family of North Texas

Join Us September 18th

You are invited to celebrate with us this anniversary of joy and thanksgiving for our Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt.  She has blessed our St. Ann Parishioners with her 3 Pilgrimage Graces for the last 10 years from her Wayside Shrine. We invite you to join us at 12 Noon Holy Mass.  Celebration will immediately follow.

We will have prayer, song, and renewal of the Covenant of Love and a special blessing of the Shrine.  Sweet refreshments will be served by the Schoenstatt Mothers.  Festivities will be held at the Wayside Shrine by the picnic tables.  May our Blessed Mother’s presence in the little Shrine be a continuous blessing for all.

The Schoenstatt Mothers at St Ann's wanted to offer May Blossoms to our Blessed Mother during her special month. Mary will have many visitors throughout the month and the Mothers wanted to surround the Wayside Shrine with a garden of flowers as expressions of love from her children. Working with Nick Bassi and the Knights of Columbus, the soil around the Wayside Shrine was tilled and a variety of hearty Texas flowers were planted for Mary. Roses, jasmine, begonias, marigolds and vincas each one symbolizing a little gift to our Mother, Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May!

Article written by Laura Schuckenbroc, Mothers Branch leader at St. Gabriel the Archangel

I was sitting with Blessed Mother by Her little Wayside shrine of the Annunciation at St Gabriel, one morning after daily mass and rosary in March.  I looked at Her and said: "Blessed Mother, we love you so much and this little garden does not reflect all the love we have for you here at St Gabriel."  What would you like dear Mother, inspire me, and I will do it. Dear Father and Founder, you were always good at knowing God's wishes and doing God's will, please pray that we can give our Mother here in this little shrine a beautiful garden.  Tell me how to go about.

PLACE:  ST. FRANCIS IN GRAPEVINE, 861 Wildwood Lane, Grapevine, Texas 76051

TIME:  8:30 AM HOLY MASS IN THE CHURCH, FOLLOWED BY PROCESSION, CROWNING OF OUR MOTHER THRICE ADMIRABLE AND RECEPTION IN PARISH HALL

The Schoenstatt Mothers’ Branch of North Texas invites all the Schoenstatt Branches and members of the St. Francis Parish to join us for a morning honoring our Blessed Mother in her special month of May!

We look forward to coming together as a North Texas Schoenstatt. Family in community, prayer, song, and celebration

Saturday evening, May 7, 2016 at 7:00 pm in the Cenacle at St. Ann in Coppell

The International Schoenstatt Movement celebrated 100 years of our Founding in 2014. To commemorate this great Jubilee, a special film was produced to share the Schoenstatt spirituality and introduce more people to our Lady of Schoenstatt. The movie presents an inspiring message of heroic love and the secret to this heroism. We invite you to bring your Family and friends for a special viewing of  "Seed Of A New World" on Saturday evening, May 7th at 7:00 pm in the St. Ann's Assembly Room.  Admission is free!

March

• 4 – 6 Workshop for Mothers (Spanish)
• 13 Coordinators' Pilgrimage SRC
• 14-16 Girls' Youth Retreat
• 18 – 20 Family Workshop I
• 27 Easter

April

• 1 – 3 Family Workshop II
• 6 – 10 Mothers' Federation I-II-III-IV
• 15 – 17 Workshop Mothers & Married Women (English)
• 18 Covenant Day Celebration

May

• 15 Pilgrimage Day Dioceses of Corpus Christi & Laredo
• 22 Pilgrimage Day Diocese of Brownsville
• 25-29 Mothers’ Federation Course VI

June

• 4 Midterm Leaders' Convention (San Antonio) 11 am – 3 pm
• 9 – 12 Family Federation Course IV
• 8 – 12 Mothers' Federation Course V
• 13 – 15 Schoenstatt Young Women
• 18 Covenant Day Celebration,
• 20 – 23 Girls’ Youth - High School
• 24 – 26 Girls’ Youth - Elementary School

July

• 8 Fr. Kentenich's Footsteps Pilgrimage (Corpus Christi) 5:30 PM Holy Mass
• 9 – 10 Boys' Walk to the Confidentia Shrine
• 18 Covenant Day Celebration

August

• 5 – 7 Fortalecimiento Matrimonial/ Marriage Strengthening
• 13 SRC State Team Workshop
• 18 Covenant Day Celebration
• 19 – 21 Mothers' Leaders' Training Workshop
• 26 – 28 Mothers’ Federation Course VI

September

• 2 – 4 Workshop for Mothers (English)
• 9 – 11 Workshop Mothers & Married Women (Spanish)
• 14 Anniversary Celebration of Fr. Kentenich’s Death Holy Mass 7:00 p.m.
• 16 – 18 Retreat for Married Couples (Spanish)
• 18 Covenant Day Celebration

October

• 7 - 9 Delegates' Convention
• 18 Celebration of Schoenstatt's Founding Holy Mass 7:00 p.m.
• 23 October Day of the Schoenstatt Family

November

• 4 – 6 Single Women's Retreat
• 6 Covenant of Love Program for the SRC (11:00 Talk / 12:00 Holy Mass)
• 10 - 13 Family Federation Course III
• 12 - 13 Mothers' Federation I - II- III- IV
• 18 Covenant Day Celebration,
• 18 - 20 High school Girls' Advent Retreat

December

• 2 – 4 Men's Retreat
• 18 Christmas Celebration including Covenant renewal 2 p.m.