Solemnity of Saint Mary of the Cross Mackillop – 8th August 2023
St Mary's Cathedral St Mary's Cathedral, St Mary's Road, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaToday, 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 […]