Crossing Paths with Saint; Mary MacKillop Relic Passes through Lismore on Pilgrimage around Nation
In October 2010, Australia's first saint-Mary MacKillop-was canonized in Rome. The life of this saint has become an important symbol of women's religious agency in colonial Australia, of which there are too few accounts. It is often assumed that religion played only a small, mostly insignif...
IT only takes two minutes to drive the length of an unnamed lane between Bligh Street and Nelson Road but by naming it Mary Mackillop Lane the saint's connection to Gympie may be remembered forever. The call to place a plaque on the original St Joseph's school site to mark Mary Macki...
Parishioners Celebrate Saint; Parishes Dedicate Sunday Mass to Canonisation of Mary MacKillop
Mother Mary MacKillop becomes 1st Australian saintVICTOR L. SIMPSON
The article presents the homily of Cardinal George Pell during the thanksgiving mass for the canonization of Mary Mackillop as Saint Mary of the Cross at St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, Italy on October 18, 2010. It discusses the life of Mackillop in Sydney, New South Wales in the 1800s...
Second Miracle Meeting; New Parish Priest Tells of Link to First Australian Saint, Mary MacKillopByline: REN LANZON ren.lanzon @gladstoneobserver.com.auThe Observer (Gladstone, Australia)