Reflections, event reports and community news from the Schoenstatt Shrines at Mulgoa (NSW) and Mount Richon (WA) — 436 articles from across the Schoenstatt family in Australia.
2026 Annual Victorian Schoenstatt Family Retreat
27 Mar 2026
The Annual Victorian Schoenstatt Family Retreat took place on Saturday 14 February at Holy Family Parish Hall, Doveton, and on Sunday 15 February at the Victorian Schoenstatt Chapel in Wantirna. Around 30 members participated in the Retreat overall.Read more ›
Advent and Christmas Carols at Mount Schoenstatt
19 Jan 2026
On Saturday 13th December many Schoenstatt movement members, as well as families, friends and staff gathered in the Family Hall at Mount Schoenstatt for the annual Advent and Christmas Carols.Read more ›
Christmas Celebration: Melbourne Schoenstatt Family
19 Jan 2026
The day dawned bright and clear on Sunday 7 December when the Melbourne Schoenstatt family gathered at St Luke’s Church, Wantirna for its annual Christmas celebrations and to greet our Mother Thrice Admirable in her new Melbourne Home.Read more ›
New Year at our Shrines
19 Jan 2026
For the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary, this New Year had special significance. It began the calendar year in which they will celebrate 100 years of their community.Read more ›
A Great Day for a Feast Day Celebration and a Jubilee Pilgrimage from St Michael’s Parish Meadowbank to Mt Schoenstatt
18 Dec 2025
On the 26th of September at 9.00am a bus carrying approximately 57 parishioners, left from St Michael’s Parish Church, Meadowbank as ‘Pilgrims of Hope’. It was on its way to Mount Schoenstatt, Mulgoa, to join some other pilgrims from the parish.Read more ›
Celebrating Foundation Day / Covenant Sunday in Melbourne
17 Nov 2025
For the Schoenstatt family in Melbourne, Foundation Day and Covenant Sunday in October meant a double celebration. As you may be aware, the Melbourne Schoenstatt Shrine has found a home in the Divine Mercy Chapel at St Luke’s Parish in Wantirna.Read more ›
Foundation Day of a Different Kind – Western Australia
17 Nov 2025
It was a unique experience – a 3-day event, giving thanks for all the gifts the Blessed Mother intercedes on our behalf from her shrine here in the West.Read more ›
Schoenstatt’s Foundation Day Family Festival
17 Nov 2025
On Sunday October 19th, over 500 people gathered at Mount Schoenstatt, Mulgoa for the Schoenstatt Foundation Day Family Festival. The celebrations began at 10.15am with a pre-program in the Family Hall.Read more ›
W.A. Schoenstatt Family Camp
17 Nov 2025
Between 9th and 12th of October this year, a group of 81 people spent some quality time at the Bickley Outdoor Recreation Camp in the Perth Hills – a beautiful spot where buildings with large dormitories were purposely built around Bickley Reservoir.Read more ›
Celebrating 25 Years of the Pilgrim Mother Apostolate in Corpus Christi Parish, St. Ives, NSW
28 Oct 2025
On Sunday 31st August 2025 parishioners and friends of Corpus Christi Parish, St. Ives celebrated the silver jubilee of the Pilgrim Mother Apostolate in this parish. The holy Mass was celebrated by Father Greg CheeRead more ›
Schoenstatt Movement National Conference 2025
28 Oct 2025
From 12–14 September, the Schoenstatt Movement National Conference brought together sisters and lay members from across Australia, both in person and via Zoom, for an enriching weekend.Read more ›
Annual Feast in Melbourne
30 Sep 2025
Twenty-six years after the first novena to ‘re-conquer’ the Shrine at Kew, our Melbourne Schoenstatt Family are still loyally praying a nine-week Novena – every Sunday at 3pm – to prepare for the Feast of the AssumptionRead more ›