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The ''Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt'' (German ''Schönstatt-Bewegung'') is a Roman Catholic Marian Movement founded in Germany in 1914 by Father Joseph Kentenich. Fr. Kentenich saw the movement as being a means of spiritual renewal in the Catholic Church.〔 (Directory of International Associations of the Faithful, published by the Pontifical Council for the Laity )〕 The movement is named Schoenstatt (which means "beautiful place"), after a small village close to the town of Vallendar near Koblenz in Germany. The Schoenstatt movement emphasizes a strong devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary, upholding her as a perfect example of love and purity. It encourages its members to have the faith and purity of children, and to think of Mary as their mother. ==History== The Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement began at Schoenstatt, a junior seminary conducted by the Pallottines for those planning to be missionaries in Africa. It grew out of a Marian sodality established there in April 1914. The superior offered the sodality use of St. Michael's Chapel, near the school. Father Kentenich was the spiritual director at the school. He took inspiration in part from the success of Bartolo Longo in establishing the Marian shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompei, and believed that he was called to establish a shrine at Schoenstatt.〔(Niehaus, Jonathan. "Aspects of Schoenstatt's Marian Spirituality )〕 Kentenich's guidance of the sodality was influenced by the works of St. Louis Grignion de Montfort.〔 On December 8, 1920, the first women were accepted in the “Apostolic Federation of Schoenstatt". In October 1926, Father Kentenich established the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. In 1941, Father Kentenich was arrested and sent to the Dachau Concentration Camp where he began to expand Schoenstatt there among the prisoners who were Italians, Poles, Czechs, and from other nationalities.〔("Historical Panorama of Schoenstatt: From the Little Chapel to the Confines of the Earth", (translated by Carlos Cantu), Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Schoenstatt Movement」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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