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 ...

At his first general audience in three weeks, Pope Francis praised the evangelization efforts of St. Mary MacKillop, a religious sister who devoted her life to providing Catholic education to the poor ...

Mary Helen MacKillop means a lot to me. My first teacher, Sister Paul Michael, was a Josephite sister at St Therese Lakemba. I have long loved MacKillop's story and often pray at her shrine in North ...

Benedict XVI announced tonight at a meeting of cardinals in the Vatican that the canonisation ceremony of Mother Mary would take place on October 17. He recognised in December a miracle in which ...

Amid the widespread celebration over the naming of Australia's first saint there was good reason to remember that the Melbourne-born nun was occasionally treated dreadfully unfairly by members of the ...

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Pope Francis greets a child as he rides in the popemobile after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 28, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) Below is the text of Pope Francis ...

The “passionate advocate for girls’ education” will move from Mt Barker to take the reins at Mary MacKillop College in January 2023. Mrs Nelson is currently the deputy principal of St Francis de Sales ...

The Pope noted that MacKillop did not have an easy path to fulfilling her mission of sharing the Good News with those in need, but she persevered. Pope Francis at the general audience in St. Peter's ...