This Book, covering the years 1912-1919, examines the fascinating story of how Father Joseph Kentenich and his youth begin a long quest to realize the new vision of a "firm, free, priestly personality", an effort that will grow into the Schoenstatt movement and how they tapped into the deepest levels of Christian life. The witness of their life in the humdrum of a boarding school and in the trenches of World War I, shows the power  of the Gospel today to bring about the words of Jesus: "I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full."