University Students
University activities help young women develop leadership qualities, attain a broad human awareness of today's culture and enlarge and strengthen friendships in a relaxed and open setting.
Activities include cultural and social gatherings, local outings, study weekends, local and international service projects, community outreach, volunteering, spiritual formation, and many other events.
Regular Activities
Volunteering & Social Events
Volunteering take place on Saturday mornings. Heathgrove helps run a homework club with Friends of Refugees during school term from 10am to12pm (1D Parsons Avenue, Springvale 3171). Please email volunteering@heathgrove.org.au if you’d like to give a hand.
Other volunteering events take place during the holidays.
Social events are student-led activities on weekends and evenings. Contact us if you’d like more information.
Meditations & Recollections
Meditations for university students take place at different locations throughout the university campuses. They are preached by an Opus Dei priest. Meditations are student led events. Contact us 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.
Recollections take place monthly on Tuesdays at Heathgrove Study Centre. Dates are here.
Retreats
Retreats are a time to reflect and make resolutions for the future. They offer daily Mass, time for personal prayer, reflections and talks on central themes related to living the Christian life within the specific circumstances of ordinary life. Opportunities for confession and personal spiritual direction are also available.
A day retreat will be offered at Heathgrove on March 10. Details here.
Weekend retreats begin on Friday night at 6.30pm and finish on Sunday afternoon at 7.30pm (times of departure from and arrival at Heathgrove). They are held at Castlemaine Study Centre and cost $170/pp.
A university weekend retreat will take place from Friday August 23 to Sunday August 25. Details and registrations details here.
International Travel
UNIV 2024
UNIV is an international meeting of young university women who seek to deepen their faith, their life, and fill their work with meaning.
UNIV International Congress: March 22- April 5, in Rome.
UNIV Local Congress: April 29-31, in Sydney.
Questions? Contact Marian, info@heathgrove.org.au
World Youth Day 2027
World Youth Day is a global gathering where young people deepen their faith, experience the universality of the Catholic Church, and commit their lives to Christ alongside hundreds of thousands of like-minded peers.
WYD2027 will be held in Korea. See here for details. More details? Contact Carmen, activities@heathgrove.org.au
Service Trips- Kenya 2025
We are heading to Kenya in 2025. For more information about our international service trips check out our Volunteering page. More details about Kenya here.
Interested in learning more? Contact Laura, volunteering@heathgrove.org.au