SPMA Update
New SPMA Missionaries Commissioned
On Sat., Mar. 7, five new Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother Apostolate (SPMA) missionaries were commissioned in Cor Unum in Patre. Please join us in welcoming the following new missionaries:
- Luis & Jennifer Marquez, St. Jerome
- Edith Castaneda, St. Ann - La Vernia
- Rose Maria Perez Gonzalez, Church of the Holy Spirit
- Gloria Sosa, St. Margaret Mary
- Denise Purser, St. Peter the Apostle - Boerne
Additionally, SPMA Missionary Elsa Del Fiero, parishioner of Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish, was commissioned with a Shrine for the Sick.
If you are interested in becoming an SPMA Missionary, or if you are a current Missionary who would like to add a rotation, please contact Frances Zunker, SPMA Diocesan Coordinator, at 210-380-3295 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Blessed Mother Visits the Sick through the Pilgrim Shrine
Residents of St. Jeanne’s Personal Care Home pray the rosary with the Pilgrim Shrine (traveling shrine of the Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother Apostolate).
Pam Factor, owner of St. Jeanne’s, is an SPMA receiver.
Schoenstatt Holy Hour Every 2nd Wednesday at St. Jerome’s
The rosary at St. Jerome’s Schoenstatt Holy Hour in March was led by a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy, children of receivers of the Pilgrim Shrine (traveling shrine of the Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother Apostolate).
Every second Wednesday of the month, St. Jerome Catholic Church is dedicating its weekly Holy Hour and Rosary to our Mother Thrice Admirable.
Every 2nd Wednesday (unless it falls on the 13th)
St. Jerome Catholic Church
7955 Real Rd, San Antonio, TX 78263
Adoration Chapel | 6 pm-7 pm
Upcoming dates include April 8, June 10 and July 8 (there will be no Holy Hour in May). SPMA Missionaries and Receivers are invited to bring their pilgrim shrines. For more information, contact Frances Zunker at (210) 380-32950.
Continue to pray for the canonization of João Pozzobon
SPMA invites all missionaries and receivers to continue praying for the canonization of Venerable João Pozzobon on the 27th of each month (in remembrance of his death on June 27, 1985).
If you would like a prayer card or a copy of the João Pozzobon Meditative Rosary, contact Frances Zunker, SPMA Diocesan Coordinator, at (210) 380-3295.