Today, on the liturgical calendar of Australia, we celebrate the Solemnity of Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Australia's first saint! Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842 and died in Sydney on 8 August 1909. She took the religious name Mary of the Cross. Responding to the isolation of colonial families, she pioneered […]
Clare of Assisi (born Chiara Offreduccio, sometimes spelled Clara, Clair, Claire; 16 July 1194 – 11 August 1253) was an Italian saint and one of the first followers of Francis of Assisi. Inspired by the teachings of St. Francis, she founded the Order of Poor Ladies, a monastic religious order for women in the Franciscan tradition. The Order of Poor Ladies was different from any other order or convent […]
Born near Lodz, Poland, Raymond Kolbe became a Franciscan priest and took the name Maximilian. He was intensely devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and established an organisation called the Militia of Mary Immaculate. He began publishing a monthly magazine that soon had a circulation of over one million copies. After the Nazis invaded Poland, […]
Stained Glass window of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Having completed the course of her earthly life, Mary was assumed body and soul into Heaven. Her Assumption reminds us that the heavenly glory is our Christian destiny. As we keep the […]
Stained Glass window of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Today we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Having completed the course of her earthly life, Mary was assumed body and soul into Heaven. Her Assumption reminds us that the heavenly glory is our Christian destiny. As […]