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 March 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Mar 2023

Wishing you many blessings for this Covenant Day – the 18th March. Although it doesn’t seem so long ago we were celebrating the season of Christmas, we are now in Lent and preparing for the great feast of Easter.Read more ›

Holy Week and Easter

17 Mar 2023

At the beginning of April, we will celebrate Holy Week with the Good Friday ceremonies of the Lord’s Passion (7th April) and the celebration of the resurrection of Christ on Easter Sunday (9th April)Read more ›

Kew Shrine Melbourne

From the March 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Mar 2023

The Schoenstatt Shrine at Kew, the first Shrine in Australia, was blessed on 11 May 1952, and was built on the property of the Pallottine community.Read more ›

Women of Faith

From the March 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Mar 2023

When God’s Providence is the controlling hand amazing things happen. A series of what many people of today’s world would think of as coincidences, came together from way back last year culminating in a wonderful event in the Parish of Menai…Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the February 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

20 Feb 2023

Greetings and blessings on this Covenant Day – 18th February. Once again as a Schoenstatt Family we join together around our Blessed Mother and our father and founder, to renew our commitment to our covenant of love…Read more ›

Dads at the Shrine

From the February 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

20 Feb 2023

In May of 2022 a new monthly event began at the national Shrine in Mulgoa, called Dads at the Shrine. The program has been simple enough; an hour of prayer followed by a cup of tea in the Pilgrims Centre.Read more ›

The Rosary

From the February 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

20 Feb 2023

Recently my husband and I decided to attend the church which featured much in our children’s lives at school for celebrations, graduations and general school masses.Read more ›

Youth at Mulgoa

From the February 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

20 Feb 2023

Schoenstatt Girls and Young Women (SGYW) were very blessed by the two Mission Weeks held in April 2022 and January 2023. The Mission Weeks consist in leadership training, the running of a girls’ camp for younger girls and debriefing.Read more ›

Covenant Day Message

From the January 2023 Schoenstatt newsletter

17 Jan 2023

I welcome you to our first Covenant Day of 2023 – the 18th January. I hope you all had a very happy and holy Christmas and a good and safe start to the New Year.Read more ›