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.
Covenant Day Message
16 May 2025
Blessings and greetings for this Covenant Day – 18th May. The month of May is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. At all times, but especially during this month we give special thanks to Our Lady.Read more ›
Historical Schoenstatt Events in May
16 May 2025
Father Kentenich often expressed the wish that the members of Schoenstatt should not only know the history of the movement, but that we appreciate the events that have shaped its culture and its spirituality.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
17 Apr 2025
As we begin this Holy Easter Season, I wish you many Blessings and greetings from the shrine and pray that you have a hope-filled, joyful and blessed Easter season.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
19 Mar 2025
Wishing you many blessings for this Covenant Day- the 18th March. We are now in the season of Lent, a time for preparing for the great celebration of Easter.Read more ›
March 19 – Name Day of Father Joseph Kentenich
19 Mar 2025
March 19th is also the day on which we remember the name day of our father and founder – Father Joseph Kentenich. Most of us know something of the life of our father and founderRead more ›
Covenant Day Message
17 Feb 2025
A week before he died, on 7 September 1968, Father Kentenich wrote a message to the members of the Schoenstatt Family who were taking part in the 82nd German Catholic Congress in Essen.Read more ›
Celebrating Schoenstatt’s Second Milestone 20th January 1942
17 Jan 2025
This event is referred to as Schoenstatt’s Second Milestone. Why is it so important in the history of Schoenstatt? On 20th January 1942, Father Kentenich, a prisoner of the Nazis in the Gestapo prison in Koblenz, Germany, freely choseRead more ›
Covenant Day Message
17 Jan 2025
Welcome to our first Schoenstatt Movement Newsletter for 2025 – for this Covenant day – 18th January. I wish you and your family many blessings and graces from the Shrine for this day and for this year.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
23 Dec 2024
Greetings to you all. The third Sunday of Advent, which was celebrated on the 15th, is often known as Gaudete (“Rejoice”) Sunday when we light a pink candle on the Advent wreath.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 ›
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 ›
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 ›