Reflections

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.

Remembering Venerable Sr. M. Emilie

From the November 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

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 ›

Covenant Day Message

18 Oct 2024

On this very special Covenant Day when we remember and celebrate the foundation of Schoenstatt on 18th October 1914, we pray that Our Blessed Mother will send us all many blessings and graces from her Schoenstatt ShrinesRead more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the September 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

16 Sep 2024

Last Sunday, 15th September we not only celebrated together our Covenant, but we also commemorated the anniversary of the death of Father Kentenich on 15th September 1968.Read more ›

Joseph Engling. Witness for Schoenstatt’s Mission

16 Sep 2024

On 4th October 1918 Joseph Engling died on the battlefield near Cambrai, France. His death, coupled with the total offering of his life on 31st May 1918 for our Mother Thrice Admirable and for her mission, gave the Schoenstatt Movement its first outstanding witnessRead more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the August 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

19 Aug 2024

Greetings and blessings from our Schoenstatt Shrines for this Covenant Day – 18th August. Last Thursday we commemorated the Solemnity of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the July 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Jul 2024

In Schoenstatt, we believe that the place where we find Mary is in the Shrine. Our Shrine is for us a place of grace where we come to find Our Blessed Mother, together with the Triune God.Read more ›

Our Father’s Ordination Day

17 Jun 2024

On Friday, July 8, 1910, eight new priests were ordained in the house chapel of the Pallottine Limburg Mission House. The youngest of these, not yet 25 years of age, was Joseph Kentenich.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the June 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Jun 2024

All these solemnities are very much at the centre of our faith. They are also very much a part of the life of our Blessed Mother and her Son.Read more ›

Feasts of Sts Peter and Paul

From the June 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Jun 2024

The wooden carved statues of Saints Peter and Paul are found to the left and right of the Shrine altar, just below the image of our Mother Thrice Admirable.Read more ›

A secret of happiness

17 May 2024

I would like to reveal an important secret of holiness and happiness to you. If you manage to apply it, your life will be happy, and you will find consolation even amidst suffering and pain.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the May 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 May 2024

"Let’s reach out to each other" — this is the motto for the celebrations that will take place at the place of Schoenstatt’s Third Milestone – the 31st May, 1949, in Bellavista Chile.Read more ›