We offer a variety of events for young professional women which include volunteering, Catholic Doctrine classes, Social events, Personal Project and monthly workshop talks. All events are organised by young women for young women. Complete Events calendar.

Volunteering- Once or Twice / month at Friends of Refugees Homework Club (10am-12pm)- 1D Parsons Avenue, Springvale 3171.

Catholic Doctrine Classes- Second Wednesday / monthly (6.45pm @Heathgrove)

Personal Project- May to October 2024. Details TBC. A program for young people facing their future. In this course, young people (ages 22-32) analyse the reality they live in, they learn to find and discover the meaning of their own life and also learn how to take good decisions. Discussion topics include: 1) Life as a personal project, 2) Freedom, responsibility and engagement, 3) Family and work, 4) Emotional life and emotional intelligence, 5) Married love & Communication and 6) The transcendent dimension of the human being.

Monthly Talks- Paula and team have designed 2024 talks to focus on professional and personal areas of growth for young women. Dr. Natasha Michael will start the series with “On thriving in your 20s and 30s” (March 9). Contact Paula on womensactivities@heahgrove.org.au for more information.

Social Events- Fourth Sunday / monthly. Activities and location variable. Contact Julia for more details.

Best explained as an abbreviated retreat, a recollection allows one to take a step back from the hustle and bustle of daily life, so as to renew one's relationship with God. It also offers the opportunity to reassess and renew resolutions and bring a fresh outlook for living well.

Recollections are approximately 2 hours in length and include: a talk on Christian life, prayer led by a priest, benediction and opportunity for confessions.

Frequent recollections are a well-established means of deepening the spiritual life. A recollection - a sort of mini-retreat - provides an opportunity to renew your relationship with God, to review your life over the past month, and to make firm resolutions for the coming month.

Recollections for young women are held at St Mary Star of the Sea, once a month on Wednesdays from 6:45 pm - 8:45 pm.

This year, the young women’s retreat will be held on August 1-4 (Start: 1/8 7.30pm, End: 4/8 4.00pm) at Castlemaine Study Centre (8 The Terrace, Castlemaine). The theme: A Young Adult's Journey to The Faith will be dwelling on topics such as personal weaknesses, interior freedom, hope, strength of heart, and human solidarity. More information in the flyer below.

A silent retreat is a special time to break from the usual activities of life, a time to reflect and to ask oneself: How is life going? Where is my life heading? Where is God in all this? It is a time to assess the present and to apply resolutions in a practical way to one's daily life.

Weekend retreats offer daily Mass, time for personal prayer and talks on central themes related to living a Christian life within the specific circumstances of daily life. There are also opportunities for confession and personal spiritual direction.

The spiritual and doctrinal activities conducted by Heathgrove Study Centre are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal Prelature of the Catholic Church.