Reflections, event reports and community news from the Schoenstatt Shrines at Mulgoa (NSW) and Mount Richon (WA) — 436 articles from across the Schoenstatt family in Australia.
WA Schoenstatt Family Weekend
19 Oct 2021
A great opportunity was taken for a Schoenstatt Family weekend with the theme ‘Witness, Mission and Prayer’ on WA’s long weekend from Saturday 25th to Monday 27th September. Attended by 17 adults and 2 children…Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
18 Sep 2021
Blessings and greetings for this Covenant Day – 18th September. This month we remember and commemorate the anniversary of the death of Father Kentenich on 15th September 1968.Read more ›
Grace and Silence – Mount Richon
18 Sep 2021
Grace & Silence is a four-part retreat series to give young women an opportunity to discern their God willed vocation to either marriage and family, single life or consecrated life.Read more ›
International Gathering of Thanksgiving and Re-Crowning
18 Sep 2021
This was the theme for the international gathering of the Schoenstatt Single Women’s Branch on the 13th and 14th August, 2021… a gathering was organised to take place this year via Zoom and the webcam from the Original Shrine.Read more ›
Joseph Engling – A Witness for Schoenstatt
18 Sep 2021
On 4th October 1918 Joseph Engling died on the battlefield near Cambrai, France. His death, coupled with the total offering of his life on 31st May, 1918 for our Mother Thrice Admirable and for her mission, gave the Schoenstatt Movement its first outstanding witness…Read more ›
Annual Feast Day – with a difference!
13 Aug 2021
For the past 22 years we, as Melbourne Schoenstatt Family have celebrated the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Mother into heaven (15 August) as our special feastday.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
13 Aug 2021
Blessings and greetings for this Covenant Day – 18th August. This month our Covenant Sunday celebration falls on the 15th August – the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.Read more ›
Meeting with Ecclesial Communities
13 Aug 2021
It was important for Schoenstatt to participate in a Zoom meeting organised by the ACBC’s Bishop’s Commission for Evangelisation, Laity, and Ministry on 20th July. 87 computers were involved in this first meeting of its kind.Read more ›
Mothers’ Branch Gathering
13 Aug 2021
Twenty four mothers gathered online on the 24 July for a much anticipated mothers’ branch meeting. Whilst we were looking forward to a face-to-face meeting we were blessed that Sr Elizabeth arranged for the meeting to be held via Zoom.Read more ›
Women’s Group Study Afternoon – “Freedom in Today’s World”
13 Aug 2021
Our Women’s Group had planned to come together for a formation day on Saturday 17th July. However, as has happened on a number of occasions over the past 12 months, this event had to be changed due to COVID restrictions…Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
19 Jul 2021
Greetings and blessings on this Covenant Day – 18th July. This month we are blessed to be able to celebrate our Covenant Sunday on the 18th.Read more ›
From Encounter to Conversion
19 Jul 2021
For a long time the image of an unkind and distant God was with me until I met my mentor Fr. Denis Foley who introduced me to a loving Father, full of Mercy and Love.Read more ›