Schoenstatt is a Roman Catholic movement of religious and moral renewal founded by Father Joseph Kentenich in October 1914. The movement serves the universal apostolate of the Church in society and strives to consecrate the world. Schoenstatt is a place of pilgrimage and a shrine dedicated to Mary, the Mother Thrice Admirable, Queen, and Victress of Schoenstatt. The shrine, located in Lamar, Texas near Rockport, is a spiritual home and center of life for the movement, where people gather for prayer, renewal, and inspiration.
The Schoenstatt Shrine in Lamar offers a natural and supernatural home, providing tranquility, peace, and the grace of a home in the Mother heart of Mary. The movement aims to educate a new person in a new community, fostering inwardly free personalities who are free for God and free to do what pleases God. With over 200 replica daughter shrines around the world, Schoenstatt has touched the lives of millions, offering a place of grace where people can pray, unburden themselves, and entrust their special intentions to the Mother of God.
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