Schoenstatt Shrine

The Schoenstatt Shrine is a Catholic shrine which hosts the headquarters of the Apostolic movement founded in 1914 by Josef Kentenich in Vallendar, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.

The Shrine is where the Blessed Virgin Mary is invoked for protection and influence, and is a visual icon for devotion within the movement.

In April 1914, a Marian sodality was formed at the seminary, and the superior offered the sodality the Chapel of Saint Michael near the school.

Father Kentenich was inspired by the work of Bartolo Longo in creating the Shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary of Pompeii, and wished to create a shrine to the Virgin Mary at Schoenstatt.

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