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1. Reflection - A greatness born of typical Australian qualities  

   18-Oct-2010

   The reason Mary MacKillop is so widely accepted by Catholics and non-Catholics alike is that she was obviously very good but also very normal, not at all eccentric or pretentious. We claim her strengths and qualities as typically Australian, writes Cardinal George Pell.

   
   

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2. The Mary MacKillop Story - Part 9  

   18-Oct-2010

   In her many letters, Mary shared her intimate relationship with God and, as she detailed her visits to them in their isolation and deprivation, inspired her Sisters to carry on: "We can all work quietly doing our best for God" (1883).

   As her health declined, Mary visited when she could, and despite the incapacities from a stroke, continued writing her words of support and encouragement.

   Prepared by Sr Marie White rsj

    

   
   

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3. Feature -- A tour of Mary's Rome  

   18-Oct-2010

   As Australia rejoices in yesterday's ceremony, Christine Hogan offers pilgrims and the faithful a tour of Mary’s Rome, in particular some of the places she visited while there to see Pio Nono.

    

   
   

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4. Daily Events - Human Cross in Adelaide  

   18-Oct-2010

   At 11am today, 1000 students formed a human cross at Victoria Square in Adelaide.

   
   

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5. Featured website - Basilica of St Paul's Outside the Walls  

   18-Oct-2010

   The Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, commonly known as St Paul's Outside the Walls, is one of four churches that are the great papal basilicas of Rome.

   
   

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6. Draw from hat sends Sisters on 'trip of a lifetime'  

   18-Oct-2010

   Sister Ellen Royan and her Josephite colleagues Dorothy Dolahunty, Jenny Riley and Marie Hughes, are among the 140 or so whose names were drawn out of a hat for ''the trip of a lifetime'' to visit the Vatican and participate in yesterday's ceremony. The nuns, from Lochinvar in the Hunter Valley, stopped briefly in the Via Conciliazione to enjoy a gelato.

   
   

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7. Mary relics to be exhibited in Canberra  

   18-Oct-2010

   Following Mother Mary's canonisation, objects she owned or that relate to her life are now deserving of veneration. The relics are being prepared for a permanent gallery redevelopment and exhibition, Landmarks, which will open at the National Museum of Australia next year.

   
   

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8. Pope praises Mary's courage and saintly example  

   18-Oct-2010

   Irreverent Australian cheers echoed around St Peter's Square as the Pope recognised Mary MacKillop as Australia's first saint. With Australian and Aboriginal flags fluttering around the enormous square, the gold-robed Pope lauded MacKillop for her "courageous and saintly example".

   Lake Macquarie grandmother Kathleen Evans (pictured), whose 1993 recovery from cancer was deemed by the church to be a miracle attributable to MacKillop, presented the Pope with a newly holy "relic" in the form of a cross carved from red gum from Penola and encasing strands of the new saint's hair.

   
   

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9. Aussies step into hallowed halls of power  

   18-Oct-2010

   For centuries, the marble corridors of the Vatican have been a high temple of Machiavellian political arts, but until this weekend its crafty statesmen and ambitious cardinals had never been invaded by Australia's Catholic "mafia" and its blunt political style.

   The hundreds of Australians who shared a drink with Sydney's Archbishop George Pell included hospital and media tycoon Paul Ramsay, Jesuit lawyer Frank Brennan, Herald and Weekly Times managing director Peter Blunden and former state Labor MP John Della Bosca and his ex-federal MP wife Belinda Neal.

   
   

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10. Blog - Australia's next saint  

    18-Oct-2010

    St Mary is an inspirational first Australian saint. Ask the question of who might be next, and three names seem to be mentioned: Caroline Chisholm; Eileen O’Connor, and Irene McCormack.
    
    The first was a pioneer, a woman to whom colonial Australia and Australians owed much. The second two are more recent; all are in the tradition of St Mary of the Cross.

    
    

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11. Photo Gallery - 'Teal' Joeys  

    18-Oct-2010

    Sisters of St Joseph at the canonisation were instantly identifiable by the handsome teal pashminas each was given upon arriving in Rome. They were photographed for the CathNews Gallery by Australian Catholic Bishops Conference media officer, Beth Doherty.

    
    

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