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.
Mini-Shrine Altar for Melbourne
23 Dec 2024
Sunday 1st December saw a new step forward in the vision to have a replica Shrine in Melbourne. Since the Shrine at Kew needed to be demolished early last year, the dream of our Schoenstatt Family continues to be for a replica Shrine.Read more ›
Pilgrim Mother Apostolate Annual Retreat, Mulgoa
23 Dec 2024
On Saturday 2 November the Pilgrim Mother coordinators and members, 43 in total, gathered at Mulgoa for their Annual Retreat. The theme of the retreat was “With Mary – Pilgrims of Hope”. This was intended as a preparation for the Jubilee year 2025.Read more ›
The Synod and Vision of a renewed Church
23 Dec 2024
In this final newsletter for the year, we would like to offer you further thoughts about our motto: “Walking together – Loving the Church”. As members of our Schoenstatt Family, we ask ourselves, how is Schoenstatt synodal in its approachRead more ›
Women and Girls Events WA
23 Dec 2024
On Saturday, 7 September, we gathered at St Aloysius Parish Shenton Park to commence our mothers and daughters retreat afternoon. After an ice breaker we greeted the Lord in the church and prayed a devotion in honour of MaryRead more ›
Golden Jubilee of the Crowning of our MTA as Victress.
18 Nov 2024
Fifty years ago a very young Schoenstatt Family in Australia participated in their own way in the first international event – the Crowning of our MTA in the Adoration Church on Mount Schoenstatt, Germany – on 20th October 1974.Read more ›
Our New Motto: United in the Covenant of Love – Pilgrims of Hope
18 Nov 2024
The 2024 Australian Schoenstatt Movement National Conference culminated in the finding of the Motto to guide us in the coming year: “ United in the Covenant – Pilgrims of Hope”.Read more ›
Pilgrimages to Rome and Schoenstatt For the Holy Year 2025
18 Nov 2024
Earlier this month I received a letter from the International Schoenstatt Coordination team, Fr. Arkadiusz Sosna and Sr. M. Cacilda Becker, regarding the possibilities of Schoenstatt pilgrimages to the two Shrines in Rome during the Jubilee Year 2025.Read more ›
Reflections on Covenant Celebrations In Schoenstatt
18 Nov 2024
I was very privileged to be able to visit the original Schoenstatt again this October. This visit came about at the suggestion of another of my fellow ‘pilgrims’ who had made her membership consecration in Schoenstatt in 2014.Read more ›
Remembering Venerable Sr. M. Emilie
18 Nov 2024
On 20th November we remember Venerable Sister M. Emilie Engel, who died on this day in 1955. Sister M. Emilie came as a young woman to Schoenstatt where she met Father Kentenich.Read more ›
We are all Schoenstatt – from the General Presidium
18 Nov 2024
Within the framework of the Covenant Month, the General Presidium of our International Schoenstatt Movement announced an initiative of great importance and global significance. After months of planning and coordination, the worldwide campaign “WE ARE ALL SCHOENSTATT” was officially launched.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
18 Nov 2024
Greetings and blessings for this Covenant Day – 18th November. During this month we remember two significant dates in our Schoenstatt Family history. The first is the 16th November – the anniversary of the birth of Father Kentenich (1885).Read more ›
Faith and Fun
18 Nov 2024
Everything came together for a lovely afternoon of Faith and Fun on 4th November 2024 at Mount Richon. 10 families registered their attendance and our theme for the day was ‘All Saints and All Souls”.Read more ›