Australia's First Saint!! St Mary of the Cross

[helenofbritain]

... or St Mary MacKillop was canonised today, by Benedict XVI in Rome. YAY!!

You can read about her here: Beginnings | Saint Mary MacKillop or here: Mary MacKillop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Celebrate with me!

 

[SemperFidelis]

St Mary of the Cross, pray for us.

I must admit though, that some of the interview on the ABC made me cringe just a little.

Blessings,

Steve

 

[helenofbritain]

Scott Bevan on ABCNews24? Sigh.

There were times I was yelling at the TV 'shut up, shut up, let me hear the prayers!'

Still, since I couldn't afford a plane ticket, it was nice of Aunty to bring it into my lounge room. I was at Randwick when she was beatified by JPII. That was awesome!

 

[Tigg]

Read somewhere where she is being called St Mary of the Southern Cross.

Just read her bio and what a lady! May God continue to bless her schools and her order. Imagine being excommunicated! What a woman!! Thank you Lord for her.

to St Mary MacKillop aka St Mary of the Cross!!

 

[Tigg]

"Call to make Mary patron saint of the abused"

"ONE of the most respected Catholic commentators in the US, Jesuit Father James Martin, has urged the Vatican to make Mary MacKillop the patron saint of the abused."

and

"In an editorial, he called for victims of abuse to be given a patron to whom they can pray in their search for justice. The canonisation of ‘‘an Australian sister and foundress of a women’s religious order ... says a great deal about sanctity, about sin, about women in the church and, finally, about hope’’, he wrote. ‘‘Any whistleblower, particularly when addressing something as incendiary as sexual abuse, then or now, is bound to face serious, even extreme, opposition."


Call to make Mary patron saint of the abused

As I said, what a lady!!

God bless us all...

 

[Virgil the Roman]

St Mary of the Cross, ora pro nobis.



'Tis wonderful news!

 

[PassthePeace1]

I watch the Mass live, it was beautiful. Congrats to all you Aussies and be blessed.

Peace be with you.

 

[helenofbritain]

Live, as in St Peter's Square live? Or on telly? Either way - cool! And thank you

 

[PassthePeace1]

Telly. 3am. In my jammies. Sipping coffee. Live.

 

[helenofbritain]

Nice. It was 7pm here, in my lounge room.

 

[Magnus Maximus]

... or St Mary MacKillop was canonised today, by Benedict XVI in Rome. YAY!!

You can read about her here: Beginnings | Saint Mary MacKillop or here: Mary MacKillop - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Celebrate with me!

Our homily was about ST Mary of the Cross at mass yeasterday--What an amazing person and what a great Saint!!!!!!

 

[Rebekka]

Yeah, I read about her, what a cool saint you have HoB!