Reflections

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.

Educating the Child in me

From the October 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

16 Oct 2023

The above title was the topic for what was a wonderful getting together of women from all over Sydney for the second of our ‘Women’s Breakfasts’ run by the women of the Movement.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the September 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 Sep 2023

I wish you many blessings and graces for this Covenant Day – 18th September. A couple of days ago, on the 15th of September, we commemorated the death of Fr. Kentenich in 1968.Read more ›

Mary’s role in our lives

From the September 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 Sep 2023

There seems to be many types of people who say they ‘know’ Mary with many ways of showing this. Some merely say ‘Mary is part of my life’ but the how is never explained.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the August 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

21 Aug 2023

Blessings and greetings for this Covenant Day – 18th August. Last Tuesday, the 15th of August, we celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Read more ›

Schoenstatt’s Covenant of Love

From the August 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

21 Aug 2023

We know that from his ninth year, Joseph Kentenich had a deep and lasting devotion to our Blessed Mother. And so, it is not surprising that for Father Kentenich, the Covenant of Love with Mary, the Mother of God, in the shrine became the central charism of Schoenstatt’s spirituality.Read more ›

Contentment

From the July 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 Jul 2023

Every week there are many sources of nourishment for the faith if looked at with an open mind and believing that God’s divine providence is guiding my life.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the July 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 Jul 2023

I wish you many blessings on this July Covenant Day. As you know, our national motto for this year focuses on aspects of our father’s life that can be seen as a letter of recommendation from God to us.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the June 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

20 Jun 2023

Greetings and blessings for this Covenant Day – 18th June. On Friday (16th of June) we celebrated the Solemnity of The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus.Read more ›

The Marian conforming of the World to Christ

From the June 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

20 Jun 2023

In the Year 2000, (haven’t the years flown by) Fr. Ivanhoe Allies a Schoenstatt Father who was with us at Mt Schoenstatt at that time, wrote a paper for the October Conference called “In the Shadow of the Shrine…Vision and Hope in a time of re-orientation for us”.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the May 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 May 2023

Greetings and blessings 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 for all the gifts and graces she has given us…Read more ›