News & 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.

Covenant Day Message

From the January 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

31 Jan 2024

Welcome to our first Schoenstatt Movement Newsletter for 2024 – the 18th January. I wish you and your family many blessings and graces from the Shrine for this day and for this year.Read more ›

Families enter the Covenant of Love

From the January 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

31 Jan 2024

December 9th, 2023, was a special day for our Family Branch in NSW. For the first time in more than five years, two families entered into the Covenant of Love and one family renewed their Covenant which they had sealed in 2009.Read more ›

Christmas celebration In Melbourne

From the January 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

31 Jan 2024

The annual Christmas Nativity play offered by our Schoenstatt Family in Melbourne was held for the first time in the “new home” of our Mother Thrice Admirable at St. Luke’s Parish, Wantirna on December 10.Read more ›

Schoenstatt Sisters’ Apostolic Endeavours

From the January 2024 Schoenstatt newsletter

31 Jan 2024

On 7th and 8th December Catholic Youth Sydney (CYS) organised a Conference with the theme: “Purpose”. Archbishop Anthony Fisher invited the youth of the Sydney Archdiocese and anyone interested, to this Conference…Read more ›

Save the date: 24 Hours for the Lord

From the December 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 Dec 2023

24 Hours began as an initiative of Pope Francis during Lent in the 2016 Jubilee Year of Mercy. It marks the half-way point through Lent when the Sacrament of Reconciliation is offered in the context of Eucharistic adoration.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the December 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 Dec 2023

On this last Covenant Day for 2023 – 18th December, I wish you all many graces and blessings from the Shrine. As we continue our journey through Advent and approach the wonderful season of Christmas…Read more ›

Fr Kentenich’s Letters of Recommendation

18 Dec 2023

The conclusion to Father Kentenich’s Christmas Letter of 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 today…Read more ›