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
18 Nov 2022
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 ›
“A crooked path made straight” (Lk 3:5,6)
14 Oct 2022
People who consider themselves ‘authentic witnesses to God’s will in their lives’ and desire to help pass this on to others so they can follow a straight path, often find the truth of the matter is that the Holy Spirit actually does not work singly along a straight path…Read more ›
Foundation Day Message
14 Oct 2022
Greetings and blessings in this special month when we come together to remember and celebrate the Founding Day of Schoenstatt on 18th October 1914.Read more ›
Two Daring Decisions
14 Oct 2022
A practical faith in Divine Providence is one of the messages of Schoenstatt along with the message of the Covenant of Love and mission consciousness. The following articles exemplify how Father Kentenich’s constant attention to the will of God in all things…Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
23 Sep 2022
Greetings and blessings for this Covenant Day – 18th September. On Thursday we remembered the death of Father Kentenich on 15th September, 1968.Read more ›
Joseph Engling – An outstanding Witness for Schoenstatt
23 Sep 2022
Joseph Engling, was a member of the founding generation of Schoenstatt. He came from a remote village in Eastern Prussia (then Germany, now Poland) and was a student at the Pallottine’s School in Schoenstatt.Read more ›
Our Uniqueness – its importance
23 Sep 2022
An ‘Authentic Mission Consciousness’ demands an honest appraisal of our own selves. It is fair to say that you cannot be an authentic witness if your own self is out of kilter.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
18 Aug 2022
Greetings and blessings for this Covenant Day – 18th August. During this year we have been focusing on our Schoenstatt spirituality as a way to be authentic witnesses to our faith and so live our apostolate more fully.Read more ›
“The littleness, the wonder at that small child”
18 Aug 2022
This message was outlined in Pope Francis’ Christmas address in 2021, in which he highlighted the importance of “littleness’ to the public reminding them to value the little things and to embrace their own vulnerabilities.Read more ›
Childlikeness before God
19 Jul 2022
The title above is actually a whole book presented as a retreat of some 300 pages by Fr. Kentenich on the topic of Childlikeness. Using the principle of ‘Lectio Divina’…Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
19 Jul 2022
We are now well into the winter season and I send you warm greetings and blessings from the Shrine for this July Covenant day. In our newsletter last month we looked at an excerpt from a talk by Fr. Kentenich…Read more ›
“Discovering God’s Footsteps” everywhere with “Practical Faith in Divine Providence”
20 Jun 2022
“The God of life wants to communicate with man through life. A key moment is the conviction of being able to discover God’s footsteps everywhere: what is within us interiorly, in encounters with other people, with creation…Read more ›