Monday Morning Rosary Group
Rosary Group completes “A Father to Many”
The Monday Morning Rosary Group has completed reading the book “A Father to Many.”
Father Kentenich literally kept working up to the moment of his death. As he phrased it, "I shall die in the harness." He began celebrating Mass at 6:15 am on Sun., Sept. 12, 1968. After blessing religious items in the sacristy, he died at 7:07 am. The number “7” is regarded as the perfect number. Perhaps the time of seven after the 7th hour is meant as a wink from God to note Father Kentenich's sense of humor.
Father Kentenich’s final Mass was celebrated in the newly built Church of the Most Holy Trinty, also known as the Adoration Church, which was the church he had promised Our Lady to build while in Dachau. Twenty-four different countries and numerous telegrams—even from Pope Paul VI—were received while Father Kentenich lay in state.
It is worth noting that WWI and Schoenstatt both began in 1914. Schoenstatt's message of the Mother Thrice Admirable (MTA) has accompanied us globally ever since then.
The beatification and canonization process for Fr. Kentenich began on February 10, 1975, and continues to this day.
Father Kentenich saw Our Lady as the great educator and intercessor. Prophetically, he stated: "We are approaching a time which will be so Marian in character that the world will not have seen it’s like before."
The Monday Morning Rosary Group will begin reading a short testimonial book called “Struck by Lightning: Death, Judgement and Conversion” by Gloria Polo, the conversion story of a Colombian dentist struck by lightning in 1995. Polo was given much insight into what occurs between heaven and earth during the celebration of Holy Mass.