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.

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 ›

Family Weekend

From the July 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 Jul 2023

The weekend retreat for families began on Friday with dinner and then a welcome in the house chapel room. The ice-breaker activity was a great opportunity to meet families.Read more ›

Walk with Christ 2023

From the July 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 Jul 2023

On June 11th, we commemorated the Solemnity of the Holy Body and Blood of Christ. It was a glorious, crisp, and cloudless winter day. Our group of Schoenstatt pilgrims arrived in the city carrying our MTA banner…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 ›

Schoenstatt Annual Marian Pilgrimage

From the June 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

20 Jun 2023

It was a lovely Autumn morning with the bright sun shining and the wind of the Holy Spirit to sustain us. Sr. Elizabeth Foley’s welcome was very inviting to the Pilgrims for the great celebration.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 ›

Women’s Breakfast

From the June 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

20 Jun 2023

After months of planning by a dedicated and talented team, the morning arrived for a new kind of women’s gathering: a “Women’s Breakfast” with the Theme: “Become the Best Version of Me”. Fifty women accepted the invitation.Read more ›

St Joseph Motorcycle Pilgrimage

From the May 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

18 May 2023

It is just after 9pm on Sunday March 19th, and today is technically the feast of St Joseph, but given it is the 4th Sunday of Lent, it will be celebrated tomorrow.Read more ›