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12-Oct-2010
Mary MacKillop stands not as an admirable do-gooder or a proto-feminist in some ideological sense, but as a holy and deeply human witness to the Resurrection, a seed of infinite hope in this dry continent, writes Archbishop Mark Coleridge.
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12-Oct-2010
The Vatican museums contain perhaps the greatest collection of art in the world. From the Sistine Chapel to the Raphael rooms and the Gregorian Egyptian Museum, this is a trove of staggering cultural wealth.
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12-Oct-2010
The 600-km-long Appian Way was the world's first highway. Simon Heptinstall takes a drive down antiquity lane.
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12-Oct-2010
Mary, Annie and Lexie MacKillop used both the Penola church and part of their rented cottage for classes. Their brother John was able to convert a rented stable into a school house, so on March 19, 1866 St Joseph’s School was opened.
Locals began talking on that day when Mary appeared in a black dress, but were delighted that the new school had 33 pupils and was doing very well.
The Mary MacKillop Story was written by Sr Marie White
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12-Oct-2010
Starting today, InJoy International will hold an art exhibition in the foyer of SA Water House, Victoria Square, in Adelaide, running until October 20. All paintings will be on sale at the exhibition, which is open from 9am-5pm during the week and 10am-10pm on October 17 as part of the canonisation celebrations.
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12-Oct-2010
Mary, the adolescent and young woman, was the eldest daughter in a large family, where love of parents and siblings was experienced along with her father’s inability to support them financially. So Mary became the wage-earner. At fifteen she began to work for wages as a governess. Intelligent, calmly in control, her teaching and disciplinary abilities developed.
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12-Oct-2010
St Peter's Square was buzzing, mostly with Europeans – Germans and Spaniards; Poles and Italians. It was raining most of Monday, but that didn’t deter pilgrims, writes Australian Bishops' media officer Beth Doherty.
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12-Oct-2010
Sister Diane Moore, 67, is one of the 13 Sisters of St Joseph nuns from Victoria going to Rome. The gruelling physical demands of the pilgrimage prompted her to begin an intense training program.
Her training consists of 35-minute walks around the streets of Camberwell and climbing 540 stairs, with weights strapped to her wrists and upper arms.
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12-Oct-2010
A book reflecting on the life and legacy of Mary MacKillop, In the land of larks and heroes: Australian Reflections on St Mary MacKillop, was launched on Friday at Australian Catholic University’s (ACU) Canberra campus.
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12-Oct-2010
A uniquely Australian cake created by a South Australian pastry chef in honour of Mary MacKillop is set to provide soul food during this month’s canonisation ceremony.
Jason Van Leuven’s Gateau St Mary MacKillop, described as “a wonderfully moist almond cake", will be presented to the Sisters of St Joseph in Penola on Sunday.
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12-Oct-2010
CathNews wants you!
Whether you are in the Mary MacKillop hot spots of Penola or Kensington, Rome, North Sydney, or Richmond, or even at your local church – you can join the CathNews online community of photographers through our special Flickr Gallery.
This gallery is part of the brave new world of social media – instead of waiting for big media outlets to bring the images to you, you can bring your on-the-spot images to the world. Just take your shots, send them to us, and we will post them to the CathNews Gallery, from Flickr.
After the canonisation, we will announce the seven best images, and the best will receive a $200 gift voucher to Myer.
To become a Pilgrim Photographer, just follow these steps on how to register and upload your photos:
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