Our History
A Journey of Faith
From Germany to India — the story of the Schoenstatt Movement, its Founder, and the Providence Province.
The Schoenstatt Fathers in India are part of a worldwide Schoenstatt Movement dedicated to spiritual renewal of the people through the Blessed Mother.
Era 1 · 1885–1968
Origins in Germany
The life of Fr. Joseph Kentenich and the founding of the worldwide Schoenstatt Movement.
Fr. Joseph Kentenich born in Gymnich, Germany
Fr. Joseph Kentenich entered the novitiate of the Pallottines in Limburg
Final profession of Fr. Joseph Kentenich
Fr. Kentenich was ordained as a Priest
Pre-Founding Document
St. Michael's Chapel handed over to the Marian Congregation
Outbreak of First World War
First Milestone — Covenant of Love
18 October 1914
First Milestone
The Covenant of Love
Fr. Joseph Kentenich and a group of junior seminarians sealed the first Covenant of Love with the Blessed Mother, inviting her to make the Schoenstatt Shrine a place of grace and form the hearts of people for Church renewal.
- First Covenant of Love in the Original Shrine
- Foundation of Schoenstatt spirituality
- Goal: form free, strong, and apostolic personalities
- Beginning of Schoenstatt's mission for Church renewal
- Tested during World War I through heroic witness of the founding generation
The Journey Continues
From Germany to India
Following Fr. Kentenich's death in 1968, the Schoenstatt movement crossed continents — arriving in India that very year to begin a new chapter of faith.
Era 2 · 1968–Present
Mission Journey in India
From the first arrival in 1968 through the growth of the Providence Province — an ongoing story.
Arrival in India
First shrine in India blessed at B.L.M, Aloor
First Schoenstatt Shrine (Cor unum in Patre Shrine) of SSM — Bangalore
Bishop James Pazhayattil inaugurates PMRC in India
Bethlehem Shrine of Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary — Irinjalakuda
Blessing of Madurai Shrine
Shrine at Bangalore, Theology House
Blessing of First Shrine of Schoenstatt Fathers in Kerala, Kuttur
Seminary & Formation for future Schoenstatt Fathers — Mission Training College, Aloor
Collaboration with Vincentian Fathers for the formation of seminarians
Old House, Aluva — First House in Kerala
Blessing of Schoenstatt Study House, Aluva
Fr. Roy Vennukkaran ISch ordained as the first Schoenstatt priest in Kerala
Blessing of Schoenstatt Fathers Minor Seminary, Aloor
Scholarship Program for Education (SSP)
Opening of Mary Matha Schoenstatt College at Aloor
Sion Centre, Kuttur
MMSC becomes Mary Matha Schoenstatt Academy
Beginning of Family and Youth Group — Journey towards Covenant of Love, Aloor
Release of Mariyadooth Movement Magazine
Beginning of Family and Youth Group at Sion Centre, Kuttur
Blessing of Jeevalaya Boys Home, Varadiyam, Thrissur
Beginning of Migrant Youth and Family Apostolate, Bangalore
Schoenstatt Academy for Life Transformation and Transmission (SALTT)