Pilgrim Mother Campaign

The Pilgrim Mother Campaign, also known as the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign, is an apostolic work founded by the Servant of God John Pozzobon and coordinated by the Schoenstatt Movement, counting presently more than 30 million members[1] in over one million groups spanning 120 nations of the world.[2]

Pilgrim Mother / Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign

The Pilgrim Mother of Schoenstatt
Logo of the Schoenstatt Movement
Formation10 September 1950 (1950-09-10)
FounderServant of God John Pozzobon
TypeCatholic Lay Apostolate
PurposeMinistry of visitation of families, students, sick, elderly, prisoners, etc.
Membership (2017)
30 million, in 120 nations

Overview

The Campaign consists in the regular visit of an image of the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt Madonna to families, schools, hospitals and all places where families or people accept to receive her. It is carried out by lay volunteers - missionaries and coordinators - organized at the parish, diocesan, regional or linguistic levels.

The pilgrim image employed in the campaign is the same venerated in the Schoenstatt Shrines. They are replicas of the 'original pilgrim image' with which the campaign began and have the form of a sanctuary to express the essential link to the Schoenstatt Shrine and all the graces that there are received. They are blessed and sent from a Schoenstatt Shrine. The Secretariats of the Campaign of the Pilgrim Mother of Schoenstatt have the function of coordinating and help the missionaries in their work and relationship with dioceses and parishes.

History
The Campaign's founder, John Pozzobon, carrying the Original Pilgrim Image to a village on foot, as he habitually did

It was initiated by the Servant of God, Deacon John Pozzobon, a Schoenstatt Movement's member, on 10 September 1950. Feeling an inner call to get involved in some apostolate with Our Lady, he receives an invitation from Sister Teresinha Gobbo, from the Secular Institute of Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, to bring the image of the Mother, Queen and Winner Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt to visit the families. Sister Teresinha entrusts him the image that had been blessed at the Schoenstatt Shrine of Santa Maria (Brazil) by Father Celestino Trevisan, telling him: "This image will be under your care. You don't need to pray the rosary every night. You should only take care that it peregrinates from home to home."[3]

John accepted this invitation. He assumes the task of taking the Pilgrim Mother of Schoenstatt to the families and exercises this mission for 35 years until the date of his death on 27 June 1985. With her, he travels over 87,000 miles carrying the Madonna picture in a shrine-shaped frame weighing over 25 pounds.[4]

From 1959, the Campaign multiplies through smaller replicas of the Pilgrim Mother to visit families monthly. In 1979, Pozzobon visits Germany and Rome, and the Pilgrim Mother Campaign takes an international dimension.

Theological Rationale

The Campaign is inspired by the attitude of Mary who went to visit her cousin Elizabeth (Luke 1: 39-41[5]). It is an ecclesial ministry that the Church and the service of the Church, wants to collaborate with the ordinary pastoral care of parishes.

It is a popular apostolic work, as it seeks to reach all people in all situations of life, adapting to different pastoral realities: families, schools, hospitals, prisons, etc., following Jesus command: "Go into all the world and preach the Gospel to every creature" (Mark 16: 15).[6]

Another source of inspiration is the idea of the universal apostolic work according to Saint Vincent Pallotti regarding Mary: "She is the great Missionary; She works miracles".[3] It also performs a will of the founder of the Schoenstatt Movement, Fr. Joseph Kentenich, expressed in 1948, to bring the Mother of God to the homes and give Her a place of honor, for that they become small shrines.[3]

Walking the pilgrimage way with Mary means, Father Kentenich argued, being drawn into Mary's mission by bearing, bringing, and serving Christ. becoming another Mary: "Each of us bears a large share of the responsibility for the form that the world will take in the future. If this future—regardless of the specific characteristics it will have — is to bear the resemblance of Christ, then Mary must step more into the foreground and be acknowledged everywhere as the official Christ-giver, Christ-bearer, and Christ-bringer."[7]

Modalities

There are various types of "pilgrim images", according to the ministry on which they are used:[3]

The Original Pilgrim Image

It is the image with which Deacon John Pozzobon began the Pilgrim Mother Campaign in September 1950. This image was his 'pilgrimage companion' for more than 30 years. In 1980, he returned it to Sr. Terezinha Gobbo. Since Pozzobon's death, in 1985, the Pilgrim Original is kept in the Marian Center, home of the Schoenstatt Movement in Santa Maria (Brazil).

Pozzobon with the Pilgrim Mother visiting a peasant family

Auxiliary Pilgrim Images

They are the images intended for a diocese, a diocesan shrine or a more specific apostolic work. The first one was received by Ubaldo Pimentel, also from Santa Maria (Brazil), on 8 December 1979. They are exact replicas of the original Pilgrim Image. According to interpretation of Deacon John Pozzobon, the Auxiliary Images are like an 'extension' of Fr. Kentenich's blessing to the Campaign, on 4 August 1951. As an expression of their union with the 'Original', all 'Auxiliaries' are blessed and sent from the Schoenstatt Shrine of Santa Maria, where the campaign began.

Parish Pilgrim Images

Similar to the Original image and the Auxiliaries, but made in a smaller size and without the doors covering the picture of Mary. Each parish can have its image to use it in novenas, processions and other activities. Some parishes organize an itinerary for its parish image, where it visits the various chapels, schools, church groups, etc. Normally, the parish pilgrim image is under the care of the parish coordination team, which may delegate responsibility to a leadership campaign.

'Occasional' Pilgrim Images
A Pilgrim Mother image for the blind

Used in various apostolic works of the Campaign of the Pilgrim Mother of Schoenstatt: the sick, in shops, hospitals, prisons, etc. They are entrusted to a missionary who organizes the itinerary and the form of ministry. All images are registered with the national secretariat of the Campaign.

Pilgrim Images for Families

The most known and used in the world by the Campaign, they circulate monthly and on a permanent basis a group of families. Each image is in the care of a missionary, responsible for the image in his group. All have a number registered in the secretariat responsible for the geographic area.

Pilgrim Images for Children and Youth

They are entrusted to young people and children who are placed as apostles for other young people and children. They can also be used in schools and catechism groups. All images used in this ministry are registered with the secretariat of the Campaign.

List of countries or territories (per continent) where the Pilgrim Mother Campaign is present
Countries where the Pilgrim Mother Campaign is present in the world (in blue)

This list follows the geoscheme created by the United Nations Statistics Division.[8] According to the UN, the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any assumption regarding political or other affiliation of countries or territories.[9]

Some countries may have more than one website on this list, for linguistic or organizational reasons. Others, for the same reasons, may share a single site.

Countries with the field "website" in blank mean that the country doesn't have a webpage dedicated exclusively to the Campaign's Secretariat.

Source of the data: Pilgrim Mother Campaign Secretariat from Brazil for Southern and Southeastern regions[10] and German-speaking Secretariat from Switzerland,[1] except where another source be expressly indicated.

Africa
Flag Name Campaign Website
Algeria No
Angola Yes[11]
Benin Yes
Botswana No
Burkina Faso Yes
Burundi Yes
Cameroon Yes
Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) Yes
Central African Republic Yes
Chad Yes
Comoros No
Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) Yes
Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) Yes
Djibouti No
Egypt No
Equatorial Guinea No
Eritrea Yes
Ethiopia Yes
Gabon Yes
Gambia No
Ghana Yes
Guinea No
Guinea-Bissau Yes
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) No
Kenya Yes
Lesotho No
Liberia Yes
Libya No
Madagascar No
Malawi No
Mali No
Mauritania No
Mauritius No
Mayotte (France) No
Morocco Yes
Mozambique Yes
Namibia No
Niger Yes
Nigeria Yes
Réunion (France) No
Rwanda Yes
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (United Kingdom) No
São Tomé and Príncipe No
Senegal Yes
Seychelles No
Sierra Leone No
Somalia No
South Africa Yes
South Sudan No
Sudan No
Swaziland No
Tanzania Yes
Togo No
Tunisia No
Uganda No
Zambia No
Zimbabwe Yes[12]

Americas
Flag Name Campaign Website
Anguilla (United Kingdom) No
Antigua and Barbuda No
Argentina Yes
Aruba (Netherlands) No
Bahamas No
Barbados Yes
Belize Yes
Bermuda (United Kingdom) No
Bolivia Yes
Bonaire (Netherlands) No
Brazil Yes
British Virgin Islands (United Kingdom) No
Canada Yes
Cayman Islands (United Kingdom) No
Chile Yes National Secretariat
Clipperton Island (France) No
Colombia Yes National Secretariat
Costa Rica Yes National Secretariat
Cuba Yes
Curaçao (Netherlands) No
Dominica No
Dominican Republic Yes
El Salvador Yes
Ecuador Yes National Secretariat
Falkland Islands No
French Guiana (France) No
Greenland No
Grenada No
Guadeloupe (France) No
Guatemala Yes
Guyana No
Haiti Yes
Honduras Yes
Jamaica Yes
Martinique (France) Yes
Mexico Yes
Montserrat (United Kingdom) No
Navassa Island (United States) No
Nicaragua Yes
Panama Yes
Paraguay Yes National Secretariat
Peru Yes
Puerto Rico Yes
Saba (Netherlands) No
Saint Barthélemy (France) No
Saint Kitts and Nevis No
Saint Lucia No
Saint Martin (France) No
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) No
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines No
Sint Eustatius (Netherlands) No
Sint Maarten (Netherlands) No
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands No
Suriname No
Trinidad and Tobago No
Turks and Caicos Islands (United Kingdom) No
United States of America Yes National Secretariat
United States Virgin Islands (United States) No National Secretariat
Uruguay Yes National Secretariat
Venezuela Yes

Asia
Flag Name Campaign Website
Afghanistan Yes[13]
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (United Kingdom) No
Armenia [Europe] No
Azerbaijan [Europe] No
Bahrain No
Bangladesh No
Bhutan No
British Indian Ocean Territory (United Kingdom) No
Brunei No
Cambodia No
China Yes
Christmas Island (Australia) No
Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australia) No
Cyprus [Europe] No
East Timor (Timor-Leste) Yes
Georgia [Europe] No
Hong Kong (China) Yes[14]
India Yes Secretariat
Indonesia Yes[15]
Iran No
Iraq Yes[16]
Israel Yes
Japan Yes
Jordan No
Kazakhstan No
Kuwait No
Kyrgyzstan Yes
Laos No
Lebanon Yes
Macau (China) Yes
Malaysia Yes[17]
Maldives No
Mongolia No
Myanmar (Burma) No
Nepal No
North Korea Yes
Oman No
Pakistan Yes
Palestine Yes
Philippines Yes
Qatar Yes[18]
Saudi Arabia No
Singapore Yes
South Korea Yes
Sri Lanka Yes
Syria Yes[19]
Taiwan (China) Yes[20]
Tajikistan Yes
Thailand Yes
Turkey [Europe] Yes
Turkmenistan No
United Arab Emirates Yes[21]
Uzbekistan No
Vietnam Yes
Yemen No

Notes

Europe
Flag Name Campaign Website
Åland Islands (Finland) No
Albania Yes
Andorra Yes[22]
Austria Yes National Secretariat
Belarus Yes
Belgium Yes National Secretariat
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes
Bulgaria No
Croatia Yes National Secretariat
Czech Republic Yes National Secretariat
Denmark Yes
Estonia No
Faroe Islands (Denmark) No
Finland Yes[23]
France Yes
Germany Yes
Gibraltar (United Kingdom) No
Greece No
Guernsey (United Kingdom) No
Hungary Yes National Secretariat
Iceland Yes
Ireland Yes
Isle of Man (United Kingdom) No
Italy Yes
Jan Mayen (Norway) No
Jersey (United Kingdom) No
Latvia No
Liechtenstein Yes Secretariat for the German-speaking Switzerland and Liechtenstein
Lithuania No
Luxembourg Yes Secretariat from Germany
Malta Yes[24]
Moldova No
Monaco No
Montenegro Yes
Netherlands Yes
Norway Yes
North Macedonia No
Poland Yes National Secretariat
Portugal Yes Mission for the University Students
Romania Yes National Secretariat (Romanian/Hungarian)
Russia Yes
San Marino Yes Secretariat for San Marino and Italy
Serbia Yes
Slovakia Yes Secretariat for Western and Central Slovakia
Slovenia Yes
Spain Yes
Svalbard (Norway) No
Sweden Yes National Secretariat
Switzerland Yes
Ukraine Yes
United Kingdom Yes
Vatican City/Holy See Yes
Notes

Oceania
Flag Name Campaign Website
American Samoa (United States) No
Ashmore and Cartier Islands (Australia) No
Australia Yes National Secretariat
Baker Island (United States) No
Cook Islands No
Coral Sea Islands (Australia) No
Fiji No
French Polynesia (France) No
Guam (United States) No
Howland Island (United States) No
Jarvis Island (United States) No
Johnston Atoll (United States) No
Kingman Reef (United States) No
Kiribati No
Marshall Islands No
Micronesia No
Midway Atoll (United States) No
Nauru No
New Caledonia (Sui generis collectivity of France) Yes
New Zealand Yes Campaign's representative
Niue No
Norfolk Island (Australia) No
Northern Mariana Islands (United States) No
Palau Yes[25]
Palmyra Atoll (United States) No
Papua New Guinea No
Pitcairn Islands (United Kingdom) No
Samoa No
Solomon Islands No
Tokelau (New Zealand) No
Tonga No
Tuvalu No
Vanuatu No
Wake Island (United States) No
Wallis and Futuna (France) No

Antarctica

Antarctica, regulated by the Antarctic Treaty System, has no government and belongs to no country. It was there that a bronze image of the Mother Thrice Admirable of Schoenstatt was installed in 1984 at the Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station, located at the King George Island, in the Admiralty Bay.[26]

See also

References
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  3. Bittencourt, Marcelo Valvassori. "Tabor MTA". tabormta.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-21. Retrieved 2016-05-23.
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  5. "Luke 13A 39-41 NIV - - Bible Gateway". www.biblegateway.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
  6. "Mark 16:15 He said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the gospel to all creation". biblehub.com. Retrieved 2016-05-24.
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  8. "Composition of macro geographical (continental) regions, geographical sub-regions, and selected economic and other groupings". United Nations Statistics Division.
  9. "Standard country or area codes and geographical regions for statistical use". United Nations Statistics Division.
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  17. "On the Way to 2014 – in covenant with all the projects of a covenant culture in business". Schoenstatt.org. 2013-07-15. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  18. "Now and from this place bless every member of our family throughout the world…". Schoenstatt.org. 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
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  24. "August Masses in Covenant with Malta, Morocco, and Mexico: a gaze at the spirit of the internationality thru the network". Schoenstatt.org. 2011-08-17. Retrieved 2017-04-22.
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