Media outlets twisted the story of Bl. Mary MacKillop to say she was excommunicated for exposing a priest who sexually abused children, the postulator for her canonization cause is charging. He feared ...

More details of the connection between Blessed Mary MacKillop’s excommunication and the sisters’ reporting of sexual abuse. This time, the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, MacKillop’s order, ...

When the Vatican sent their Devil's Advocate from Rome to investigate Mary MacKillop, there was just one lay person deemed important enough for a personal visit - Max Harris. The moment he came up ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary this year of the canonization of the country’s first and only saint, St. Mary MacKillop. The pioneering religious sister founded the ...

Born in 1842 in Melbourne, Australia, Mary Helen learnt to know and love God from a mother and father, Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald, whose ancestors had held fast to the Catholic faith in ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The order of nuns co-founded by Mary MacKillop agrees that Australia's first saint was excommunicated by the Catholic Church for ...

Father Paul Gardiner, who was instrumental in the push to see Mary MacKillop canonised as Australia's first saint, has died in Penola aged 93. He was devoted to the cause for more than two decades, ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. As excitement mounts about Mary MacKillop's impending sainthood, the Perth Mint is launching gold and silver commemorative coins for the ...

Hurrah for Pope Benedict’s canonization on Oct. 17 of an excommunicated 19th century nun, Mother Mary MacKillop, the first Australian saint. A woman of courage and integrity, she stood up for victims ...

VATICAN CITYVATICAN CITY — Pope Benedict XVI approved sainthood for Mother Mary MacKillop on Friday, making the woman known for her work among the needy Australia’s first saint. The pope made the ...

ST JOSEPH'S Catholic Primary School in Bundaberg is the oldest Catholic primary school in the Central Queensland Diocese of Catholic Education. Learning support teacher and event co-ordinator Kate ...