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Schoenstatt Sisters’ Journey in Kenya: A Story of Hope and Transformation A New Beginning For the past twenty-five years, we, the Schoenstatt Sisters, have been active in Kenya, tirelessly serving the community despite not having a permanent home. Each visit saw us travelling around, living out of suitcases. However, last year marked a significant change […]

A longing waiting to be fulfilled. Sr. Melitta joined the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary in August 1930. As a part of her discernment process, she expressed to Father Kentenich her desire to work in mission countries. He assured her that she would be allowed to go if a door opened for the sisters to go

Sunday, the 27th of August, was the long-awaited Clothing day for 5 Burundian novices of the Burundian delegation of the Swiss Province and 1 Kenyan novice of the South African Province. The Clothing took place in the parish Church of Mutumba, Burundi.   Final Preperations Days before, the hill of Mutumba which overlooks Lake Tanganyika,

A success story We are thrilled to share with you the success story of our recently completed water project in a deprived area of Kenya near the Tana River. Through your generous support and unwavering commitment, we have managed to bring clean and accessible water to approximately 15 families who have long relied on a

At times life overwhelms us! This was my experience during the second week of January. The Schoenstatt Girls’ Youth were due to have a Mini Camp at Villa Maria in Cape Town.  Just a few days before it was due to start, the number of girls booked in had doubled. I wondered how I would

“Thank you, sisters, for putting Christ back into Christmas!” This was the comment of one young mother who encountered the Schoenstatt Sisters and some members of the Schoenstatt movement at a popular shopping centre in Cape Town. Several years ago, we Sisters began the apostolate “Christ in the mall”. On the last Sunday of Advent,

“God gives us things to share, God doesn’t give us things to hold”Mother TeresaOur sincere thanks to our kind donors who made the HERITAGE DAY celebration possible for Sandra’s Soup Kitchen children in Khayelitsha.The day was a huge success, the celebration was colourful, vibrant, joyful and loads of fun!Should you wish to experience some of

Demonstrating Courage We do not have the coronavirus pandemic under control yet, and many things have changed during this time. Life in public and in the Church has been restricted, hindered, and paralyzed. On the other hand, initiative, creativity, and commitment for others has been awakened. During this time it is important to look for

Capturing those special moments is an art. Over the last few weeks the “Queen of the Night” has been blossoming outside the Shrine at Villa Maria in Cape Town. The “Queen of the Night” is an extraordinary cactus which can grow up to seven meters. It has the most amazing large flowers shaped like majestic

FAITH, HOPE & CHARITY – our cornerstones for 2021! May we start by thanking all our kind donors for helping us make a difference in the lives of those less fortunate. So, what has Helping Hands been up to recently? During December we managed to spread the joy a little wider & sent a large