Today, 8 August 2016, is the feast day of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Australia’s first canonized saint. Here are a number of resources to help us learn and appreciate more about St Mary MacKillop:
- Learn about St Mary MacKillop’s story by visiting http://www.marymackillop.org.au/marys-story/beginnings.cfm?loadref=146;
- ‘Justice and Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop’, Editorial from the Australian Jesuits, October 2010;
- Summary of ‘Charity and Justice, St Mary MacKillop and Australian Society’, published by Australian Catholic Social Justice Council;
- Feast-St Mary of the Cross (MacKillop) Second Patron Saint of Australia, from Sydney Catholic Schools;
- Celebrate the Feast Day of St Mary MacKillop with Prayer, from the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart;
- Mary MacKillop and Junior Joey Groups;
- Hymn ‘Daughter of Australia‘ from the Brisbane Liturgy Office;
- Donate to the work of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart;
- An article form the Archdiocese of Sydney about St Mary of the Cross as the 2nd Patron Saint of Australia; and
- 2016 Australian Pilgrimage 9-19 November.