Ecce Educatrix Tua: The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary for a Pedagogy of Holiness in the Thought of John Paul II and Father Joseph Kentenich

Ecce Educatrix Tua discusses the Apostolic Letter Novo millennio ineunte (NMI), wherein John Paul II outlined the path the Church should adopt in the third millennium. The necessity "to rediscover the full practical significance of Chapter 5 of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Lumen Gentium, dedicated to the universal call to holiness" (NMI 30) is at stake. John Paul II stressed that a concrete "pedagogy of holiness" is required, including a "spiritual path," without which "external structures? will serve very little purpose (NMI 43)." The Polish Pontiff invited ecclesial movements to present their original pedagogy of holiness (cf. NMI 31). Peters highlights the Blessed Virgin Mary as educator in a pedagogy of holiness from the teachings of John Paul II and Father Joseph Kentenich, founder of the Schoenstatt Movement.

Danielle M. Peters earned her undergraduate degree in education from J. W. Goethe University, Germany. She obtained her M.A. in theology from Sacred Heart Seminary in Wisconsin and her STL and STD from the International Marian Research Institute, Ohio, where she serves as an instructor and research assistant. A member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, Peters assists in the formation and inspiration of the Ohio Schoenstatt Movement.