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 Historical Events in May
19 May 2022
On Pentecost Sunday, 20th 1945, Father Kentenich returned to Schoenstatt after nearly three and a half years in Dachau concentration camp. Everyone was amazed at how well Father Kentenich appeared…Read more ›
Stations of the Cross at our Centres
19 May 2022
In both our Schoenstatt Centres – at Mulgoa, NSW and Mount Richon, WA – we experienced wonderful gatherings of peoples who came to honour Our Lord’s passion by praying the Stations of the Cross.Read more ›
Why is history so important in Schoenstatt?
19 May 2022
For Christians the relationship with God is kept alive by thinking about the moments of his special intervention with us and with the activity of our daily lives lived in consciousness of Him.Read more ›
24 Hours for the Lord, 25 – 26 March
30 Apr 2022
Begun as an initiative of Pope Francis during Lent in the 2016 Jubilee Year of Mercy, 24 Hours for the Lord is held each year internationally with the support of the Pontifical Council for Promoting the New Evangelisation.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
30 Apr 2022
This past week we have been celebrating Holy Week, including the Good Friday ceremonies of the Lord’s Passion (15th April) and the celebration of the resurrection of Christ yesterday on Easter Sunday (17 April).Read more ›
Covenant of Love Celebrations
30 Apr 2022
On Saturday the 19th March, the feast day of St Joseph and Fr Kentenich, Karen Green, Fiona O’Neill, Ann Panitz, Carmel Gauci and Czarina Ira were called to enter into a Covenant of Love with our Blessed Mother…Read more ›
Why a ‘Camino Walk’ at Mt Schoenstatt?
30 Apr 2022
Do you have friends who rave about and can’t wait to do again one of the Camino Walks offered overseas in Spain, Portugal or France? Most of these walks centre on spending many days walking hundreds of kilometres…Read more ›
Women’s Lenten Reflection Day
30 Apr 2022
After many Zoom meetings, we were excited to be meeting face to face in the beautiful setting of Mt. Schoenstatt for the Lenten Reflection Day on 12 March.Read more ›
“Become a child of longing and confidence” – Fr. J. Kentenich
19 Mar 2022
This saying of Fr. Kentenich’s printed on one of my ‘Telephone Cards’ (sayings from him), points to a topic that Father loved to preach about and used a lot as a theme for retreats…Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
19 Mar 2022
In our newsletter last month we looked at what “holiness” means and how we can ‘witness to holiness’ through our Schoenstatt Spirituality. We looked at what it means to be an “everyday saint”…Read more ›
Did Fr Kentenich read Dostoevsky?
19 Mar 2022
Well, I don’t really know whether he did or not, but something in an article I read recently piqued my interest in this wild thought. The article deals with Dostoevsky’s books and particularly his book ‘The Brothers Karamazov’…Read more ›
Name Day of Father Joseph Kentenich – March 19
19 Mar 2022
On 19th March we remember the name day of our father and founder – Father Joseph Kentenich. Perhaps as a gift to him on this day we could say a prayer for his beatification…Read more ›