Events
Upcoming Events
Laity of the Chevalier Family Australia National Gathering
21-22 September 2024
St Mary's Towers, Douglas Park (or Zoom)
One in Heart in Caring for Our Common Home
Past Events
A Retreat Day For Women
17-18 November 2023
St Mary's Towers, Douglas Park
Awakening to Awe's Embrace
We thank Alison McKenzie (Laity of the Chevalier Family) and Anne McAtomney (Chevalier Institute) for sharing their wisdom and providing an opportunity for women to reflect on awe within themselves and the world around them.
Laity of the Chevalier Family Australia
National Gathering
22-24 September 2023
St Mary's Towers Retreat Centre, Douglas Park
One Heart... Many Stories
This gathering invites participants to encounter their shared story with God within themselves, Creation, their personal and Chevalier Family communities, and the wider world. Let’s explore together what our individual and collective story has been, what it is, and what we dream it to be as we look forward to the future. As we listen, reflect, and speak, may our hearts connect and unite as one heart within God’s heart.
Laity of the Chevalier Family Australia
National Gathering
16-18 September 2022
St Mary's Towers Retreat Centre, Douglas Park
Spirituality of the Heart, 'Laudato Si', and the 'Uluru Statement from the Heart': "Time to See, Time to Choose, Time to Act"
Laity of the Chevalier Family Australia
National Gathering
13-15 September 2019
St Mary's Towers Retreat Centre, Douglas Park
Bringing the Family Together
Participants tied ribbons on the heart to symbolise their commitment to being part of the Chevalier Family and living Spirituality of the Heart.
A loaf of bread was slowly prepared over the weekend to symbolise the bringing together of wheat (individuals), the leavening (God), and water (Creation) to form a united whole that was offered in Eucharistic sacrifice.
Lay MSC Australia
National Gathering
10-12 June 2016
St Mary's Towers Retreat Centre, Douglas Park
One Heart Many Bodies
Lay representatives from almost every Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) ministry came together for the first Australian MSC Lay Chapter gathering. A representative statement was developed to present the MSC Provincial about the diverse yet unified way lay people live the MSC charism.
