Young Women

Heathgrove empowers young women from a variety of working backgrounds to flourish in their professional life by offering personal guidance and mutually supportive networks. Through cultural events and workshops, as well as a variety of spiritual activities, young professionals are encouraged to examine their work behaviours and attitudes and to consider how they can best contribute to the betterment of society.

Enquiries: womensactivities@heathgrove.org.au

  • Young Women Events

    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.

    Got a question? Contact Jen at 0435 629 333 or at womensactivities@heathgrove.org.au.

  • Monthly Recollections

    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 the Sacrament of Confession. 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.

  • Retreats for Young Women

    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.

    The 2026 retreat for young women will be on April 30-May 3 at Castlemaine Conference Centre, 1 The Terrace Castlemaine VIC 3450.

    The retreat will begin at 8.30pm on the first night and ends at 4.00pm on the last day.

    Please book via womensactivities.org (You will first need to register in this platform).