How did you celebrate the canonisation of Mary MacKillop?
Comment below. Dianna Georges of Croydon, who was at the live screening with about 60 relatives, held her three-week-old daughter Elyssa Anne Mary close to her throughout the ceremony. The baby was named after Saint Mary. “We are so excited to be here,’’ she told the Daily. “The ceremony was lovely. “She is Australia’s first saint and, being Catholic, it’s a huge deal. It’s important to support the work of Mary MacKillop, and to continue her work.’‘ Heather McDougall from Springwood in the Blue Mountains came to Mary MacKillop Place with her family to celebrate the big day and to honour the memory of her daugther’s great-great aunt Mary Magdalene Anderson, who was a Josephite Sister. Earlier today they had placed Sister Mary Magdalene’s wooden cross and rosary beads on Saint MacKillop’s tomb and prayed. “That was very special,’’ Mrs McDougall said. “(Sister Mary Magdalene) died only a few years ago and didn’t quite make it. She would have loved to have been here today.’‘ Esther Br
