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.
Novena as a Gift for the Centenary of the Sisters
18 Dec 2025
This Novena has been prepared for the centennial celebration of the foundation of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary and 75 years of the Sisters’ presence in Australia.Read more ›
Celebrating Foundation Day / Covenant Sunday in Melbourne
17 Nov 2025
For the Schoenstatt family in Melbourne, Foundation Day and Covenant Sunday in October meant a double celebration. As you may be aware, the Melbourne Schoenstatt Shrine has found a home in the Divine Mercy Chapel at St Luke’s Parish in Wantirna.Read more ›
October Girls Day Out at the Shrine
17 Nov 2025
During the second week of the school holidays, on Tuesday 7th October and Wednesday 8th October, two groups of girls gathered at the Home of Light at Mount Schoenstatt for the “Girls Day out at the Shrine”.Read more ›
Schoenstatt’s Foundation Day Family Festival
17 Nov 2025
On Sunday October 19th, over 500 people gathered at Mount Schoenstatt, Mulgoa for the Schoenstatt Foundation Day Family Festival. The celebrations began at 10.15am with a pre-program in the Family Hall.Read more ›
Foundation Day of a Different Kind – Western Australia
17 Nov 2025
It was a unique experience – a 3-day event, giving thanks for all the gifts the Blessed Mother intercedes on our behalf from her shrine here in the West.Read more ›
Remembering Venerable Sr M. Emilie
17 Nov 2025
On 20th November we remember Venerable Sister M. Emilie Engel, who died on this day in 1955. Sister M. Emilie came as a young woman to Schoenstatt where she met Father Kentenich.Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
17 Nov 2025
Greetings and blessings from the Shrine on this Covenant Day – 18th November. During this month we remember two significant dates in our Schoenstatt Family history. The first is November 16th – the anniversary of the birth of Father Kentenich (1885).Read more ›
Remembering the anniversary of the birth of Father Kentenich (November 16th 1885)
17 Nov 2025
On the anniversary of the birthday of Father, you might like to offer him the gift of a prayer for his beatification: We thank you for giving us Father Kentenich as a spiritual father.Read more ›
W.A. Schoenstatt Family Camp
17 Nov 2025
Between 9th and 12th of October this year, a group of 81 people spent some quality time at the Bickley Outdoor Recreation Camp in the Perth Hills – a beautiful spot where buildings with large dormitories were purposely built around Bickley Reservoir.Read more ›
Pope Leo XIV grants the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary a gift of a Plenary Indulgence
17 Nov 2025
In last month’s Newsletter we read about the opening of our Centennial Year as Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. It is with great joy that, this month, we can share the most wonderful gift that Pope Leo XIV has granted our Sisters’ Family.Read more ›
“My privilege to celebrate the beginning of the Centennial Year.”
28 Oct 2025
“Lord Jesus Christ, bless this candle, a sign of gratitude to the Triune God for your loving and ever faithful guidance throughout the 100 years of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary.”Read more ›
Covenant Day Message
28 Oct 2025
This month we remember and celebrate the foundation of Schoenstatt on 18th October 1914. We pray that Our Blessed Mother will send us many blessings and graces from her Schoenstatt ShrinesRead more ›