Pilgrim Mother Apostolate

The Pilgrim Mother Apostolate (previously known as the Schoenstatt Rosary Campaign) is an outreach within the Schoenstatt Movement. It initiates prayer, evangelization, and formation through the traveling pilgrim MTA (Mother Thrice Admirable) shrine.

This apostolate began in1950 when Deacon John Pozzobon, a member of the Schoenstatt Movement in Santa Maria, Brazil, received a picture of the Mother Thrice Admirable. It was suggested to him that he take this MTA picture into the homes of many people. He accepted this idea as a holy task and special mission. For 35 years, Pozzobon took the MTA on pilgrimage in Southern Brazil. He walked a total of more than 87,000 miles and brought the picture of Our Lady of Schoenstatt to a different family each day.

In Texas, the Pilgrim Mother Apostolate started in 1987. Each year, new missionaries are entrusted with a pilgrim image and form groups of 7 to 10 families or individuals who will welcome the pilgrim MTA shrine into their homes.  When Mary visits our homes, schools, parishes, or work places, she wants to serve our needs and intercede for miracles of inner transformation in our lives. She knows that we cannot travel easily to the great pilgrimage places in Lourdes, Fatima, Guadalupe, or Schoenstatt in Germany. Therefore, her motherly concern for us and her devotion to Christ urge her to come to us through the Pilgrim Mother Apostolate.

Contact us for more information on becoming a missionary and starting a group in your area, or to learn how to join an existing group.

"She is the Great Missionary.  She will work Miracles."

Contact us at:

Schoenstatt Pilgrim Mother <pilgrim.mta.usa@gmail.com>