Nother Mary Mackillop canonisation as a saint was announced on 19 February 2010, and is due to occur on 17 October 2010.This will make her the first Australian saint.The ceremony will take place at the Vatican on October 17.
Sister Sheila McCreanor, of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, which MacKillop founded, said last night it warmed her heart to know MacKillop had been declared a saint.
Mary Helen MacKillop was born to Scottish migrants Alexander MacKillop and Flora Hannah MacDonald in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria. MacKillop was educated by her father, who had spent time in Rome studying for the Catholic priesthood before his health forced him to return to Scotland.
On 19 December 2009 the Congregation of the Causes of Saints issued a Papal decree recognising a second miracle, the complete and permanent cure of an Australian woman of lung and secondary brain cancer.Her canonisation was announced on 19 February 2010, and is due to occur on 17 October 2010.This will make her the first Australian saint.
Kevin Rudd said MacKillop's hard work in education and the church was rewarded. "This is a great, great tribute to the Catholic Church and a great, great tribute to her hard work in education," the Prime Minister said. "This is a great honour for Australia."
Sister Sheila McCreanor, of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, which MacKillop founded, said last night it warmed her heart to know MacKillop had been declared a saint.
Mary Helen MacKillop was born to Scottish migrants Alexander MacKillop and Flora Hannah MacDonald in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy, Victoria. MacKillop was educated by her father, who had spent time in Rome studying for the Catholic priesthood before his health forced him to return to Scotland.
On 19 December 2009 the Congregation of the Causes of Saints issued a Papal decree recognising a second miracle, the complete and permanent cure of an Australian woman of lung and secondary brain cancer.Her canonisation was announced on 19 February 2010, and is due to occur on 17 October 2010.This will make her the first Australian saint.
Kevin Rudd said MacKillop's hard work in education and the church was rewarded. "This is a great, great tribute to the Catholic Church and a great, great tribute to her hard work in education," the Prime Minister said. "This is a great honour for Australia."
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