Portugal
Apostolic Federation of Mothers in Portugal
June 23, 1992 – 1st meeting at the Shrine in Lisbon
October 23, 1992 Start of regular (monthly) meetings
Contacts were being made with the Superior General of the Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, and with the Provincial Superior responsible for the Iberian Peninsula to find out about the conditions for founding the Mothers’ Federation in Portugal.
October 21, 1994 – Covenant of Love of the group
Prayer and symbol
April 18 and 19, 1996 – Meeting with three candidate mothers from Spain
Foundation of the Federation
October 1, 1996 – Foundation of the Federation begins
Application for membership submitted.
Election of leader: Lila
May – June 1998 – meeting of candidates for the 2nd course
September 2002 – 1st International Congress of the Apostolic Federation of Mothers (AFM) Schoenstatt, Germany
Mother present: Lila
Moderators – Fr. Eduardo, Sr. Nadia
November 25, 2003 – Meeting of candidates for the 3rd course
June 2, 2004 – Beginning of the candidacy for the 3rd Course
June 12, 2004 Implantation in the Garden of Mary of the 1st Course in Schoenstatt
September 2007 – II International Congress of the AFM
Buenos Aires, Argentina
November 18, 2007 – Perpetual Consecration of the 1st Course in Schoenstatt
June 11, 2011 – Perpetual Consecration of the Course 2nd in Schoenstatt
September 2012 – III International Congress of the AFM
S. Paulo, Brazil
April 9, 2016 – Perpetual Consecration of the 3rd Course in Schoenstatt
May 13, 2016 – Celebration of the foundation of the 1st AFM Region in Portugal
September 2017 – IV International Congress of the AFM – Bellavista, Chile
March 20, 2019 – Meeting of candidates for the 4th Course
September 2022 – Founding Chapter of International AFM in Schoenstatt