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.
Year of St. Joseph
18 Mar 2021
We are probably aware that Pope Francis has called this year a year of St. Joseph, so I want to share a short reflection on St. Joseph and the Holy Family as a blue print for our living.Read more ›
Zoom Retreat – Melbourne Schoenstatt Family
18 Mar 2021
The Melbourne Schoenstatt family have been coming together to enjoy a weekend of Retreat in February, every year for the last 25 years or somewhere thereabouts.Read more ›
Mothers’ Group Retreat
19 Feb 2021
Our group has been together since the 2018 Conference and the members pictured, along with Anne Walsh who was absent, have met monthly for meetings at the Shrine and over that time held three retreats for ourselves.Read more ›
A Chance to Sharpen the Tools – under Mother’s Watchful Eye
19 Feb 2021
Gidday all from Toowoomba. We take this opportunity to wish you and your loved ones every blessing from our Sacred Heart Parish Church, our Home Shrine and our Heart Shrines.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
19 Feb 2021
I wish you many blessings for this Covenant Day- the 18th February. Although it doesn’t seem so long since we were celebrating the season of Christmas, yesterday we commemorated Ash Wednesday…Read more ›
Covenant Sunday Zoom Initiative
19 Feb 2021
The following are some Echoes from our first Covenant Sunday celebration of 2021 via Zoom. Participants from the Eastern States were very grateful for the initiative as the following indicate.Read more ›
Covenant Day Greeting
18 Jan 2021
Welcome to our first Covenant Day for 2021 – the 18th January. I wish you and your family many blessings and graces from the Shrine today. I hope that you have all had a good start to 2021.Read more ›
Home Shrine Blessings
18 Jan 2021
Amidst pandemic restrictions our Sydney family group (made up of five families) was – thanks be to God – finally able to consecrate our Home Shrines on 1 January 2021.Read more ›
Living the Spirit of the 20th January
18 Jan 2021
The 20th January 1942 was the day that Fr. Kentenich, a prisoner of the Nazis in the Gestapo prison in Koblenz, Germany, freely chose not to use a legitimate opportunity to avoid transport to the concentration camp.Read more ›
Vale Rita Tobin RIP
18 Jan 2021
On December 30th, a very faithful member of the NSW Mothers’ Branch was called home to eternity. Rita Tobin, 95 years of age, lived an active apostolic life till the end.Read more ›
100 Years Women in Schoenstatt – Celebration at the National Shrine
17 Dec 2020
In our September Newsletter we shared about the celebrations in Germany marking 100 years since women began participating in our Schoenstatt Mission. Since the actual date of the Covenant of Love of the first women was 8th December 1920…Read more ›
Continuing Father Kentenich’s Mission into the Future…
17 Dec 2020
The conclusion to Father Kentenich’s Christmas Letter which he sent on 13 December 1965 (before his return to Schoenstatt) contains words that were relevant for the Schoenstatt Family in 1965, and are still relevant for us todayRead more ›