Reflections, event reports and community news from the Schoenstatt Shrines at Mulgoa (NSW) and Mount Richon (WA) — 429 articles from across the Schoenstatt family in Australia.
Retreats on Witnessing to Holiness
19 Mar 2022
Over two weekends in February, the Women in NSW and the Melbourne Schoenstatt Family spent time on Zoom reflecting on what it means to be an “Authentic Witness to Holiness” as a means of evangelising.Read more ›
New Year at our Shrines
31 Jan 2022
Just after 10.00 pm on New Year’s Eve people began to drive into the Shrine property at Mount Richon, and patiently wait in the grounds for the Shrine door to be opened.Read more ›
Celebrating 30 Years of our Schoenstatt Shrine
17 Dec 2021
On Sunday 14th November, a crowd of around 250 people gathered to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the blessing of the Schoenstatt Shrine at Mt Richon. The day was beautifully warm and sunny…Read more ›
Advent Retreat at Mt Richon, WA
17 Dec 2021
A small but eager group of families took part in an Advent Retreat on the first Sunday of Advent, Nov 28, 2021. The afternoon began with a presentation about Advent from Philomena Theseira…Read more ›
Pilgrim Mother Apostolate Reflection Day
22 Nov 2021
We are very grateful that we dared to pursue the PMA Reflection Day this year. This was supposed to be an Annual Pilgrims’ retreat weekend but because of the strict restrictions due to COVID…Read more ›
National Movement Conference 2021
19 Oct 2021
Due to the Pandemic this year’s National Conference has been held via Zoom over three days: Saturday, Sept. 18; Sunday, Sept. 19 and Saturday, Oct.2. The theme, SCHOENSTATT’S WAY – WITNESS TO HOLINESS…Read more ›
WA Schoenstatt Family Weekend
19 Oct 2021
A great opportunity was taken for a Schoenstatt Family weekend with the theme ‘Witness, Mission and Prayer’ on WA’s long weekend from Saturday 25th to Monday 27th September. Attended by 17 adults and 2 children…Read more ›
Marriage Camino – Mount Richon
19 Jul 2021
Three couples joined Philomena and David (Family Branch Leaders) for the Marriage Camino on Saturday 12th June. We walked the 15 stations of the Camino on the property at Mt Richon in WA.Read more ›
May Pilgrimage – Mount Richon
17 Jun 2021
On Sunday 23rd May we were blessed with clear weather in the afternoon to have our annual May Pilgrimage to honour our Blessed Mother at the Schoenstatt Shrine in Mt Richon WA, with 135 people attending.Read more ›
Recommissioning of Pilgrim Mother Coordinators Mulgoa
17 Jun 2021
This year was the second time that we were not able to hold the Annual Marian Pilgrimage at Mulgoa because of restrictions. However, the Team and regional coordinators of the Pilgrim Mother Apostolate decided to have a Holy Mass…Read more ›
Schoenstatt Men’s Reflection Day on St. Joseph
17 Jun 2021
In the universal Church’s Year of St Joseph, Schoenstatt Men, Sydney, are offering a series of days on ‘Joseph, the new person in the new community’, so named after the central idea of Schoenstatt’s spiritual way.Read more ›
Women’s Reflection Day at Mount Schoenstatt
17 May 2021
The second Reflection Day for Women this year was held on Saturday 8th May. The title for the day was MARY – Woman of Hope. We had just over 50 women attend which was wonderful…Read more ›