Proudly Displaying Our Lady of Schoenstatt
On Monday, June 16,2025, as I was serving as guardian and conducting a tour, I met Armandina Alvarado. She was busily working on flowers in the Sacristy. She has been arranging and donating altar flowers for years. Armandina is a young woman who feels blessed in serving Out Lady in this manner. We in turn are blessed by seeing Our Lady’s Shrine graced with beautifully arranged fresh altar flowers.
In meeting Armandina for the first time, we hit it off! We shared a bit of our lives and she stated she belongs to St. Padre Pio Catholic Church. She also said there is a wall where many pictures of Our Blessed Mother are displayed by her various titles. Armandina asked me why isn’t there a picture of Our Lady of Schoenstatt on that wall?
Thus began our mission to find a picture she could take to her parish for that wall. We looked in the Hope Store, then Kentenich Hall and found nothing. I then said, “Let me look in the office.” Well, Our Lady guided me to a nicely framed picture of her and just the right size too.
Armandina sent me photos of Our Lady of Schoenstatt Thrice Admirable beautifully situated on the wall. Our Lady is now making her presence be seen by parishioners of St. Padre Pio!
Respectfully submitted,
Christine Luna González