Sunday 17 October 2010

A very special day............

Mary MacKillop will be canonised in a few hours at the Vatican in Rome. She will be the first Saint from Australia.
Mary MacKillop founded the Sisters of St Joseph. I was educated by this order of Nuns. It is a very special day for her to become a Saint.
Saint Mary of the Cross.
Catch you later..............
Chookyblue

13 comments:

jodie said...

it is a special day Chook. we have been celebrating her at mass these past weeks in the lead up to today. Mum has a friend who is over in rome now, especially for this event.

CREATIVE DISORGANIZATION said...

It's great that we and our kidlets get see this....so many have gone before us only to and hope for this and I'm sure, they to, are a great clowd of witness.

Jan said...

It really is a special day. Mother Mary was a saint during her lifetime; this is just the official recognition. Wonder what she would think of it all?

Joolz said...

We are in Rome but leaving today as the cannonisation is taking place. Visited Vatican city yesterday - so many Aussie's here. A very special day.

Joolz

Aunty Bee said...

We are celebrating here in NZ today, her Order is here as well. In fact they taught at my school for a time after I left..........not sure what that meant. I such a lovely thing to have a Australian Saint.

Kt said...

It is a special day indeed. We celebrated at school on Friday and the children sang the final hymn (about SAINT Mary) with such spirit and energy it was really touching.

julieQ said...

I am so glad for this special day, Chook, to honor a gentle, giving soul.

Mary Grace McNamara said...

How wonderful! This is the first I've heard of her, but I think I'll go look her up and get to know her. It's always good to have friends in high places! :)

MGM

Cynthia Gilbreth said...

Congratulations to all Aussies on the canonization of their very first saint! This is the first I've heard of her, too, so I'll have to do a bit of research.

Leanne said...

She was certainly an amazing women.

Narelle said...

What a wonderful day to finally have Mother Mary recognized. To be able to see it on the TV was just wonderful.
Hugs
Narelle

Lynn said...

As I was reading your blog yesterday, the radio was on and this was mentioned on the news. Coincidence! Thanks for the link, very interesting reading!

Yvette said...

What a fantastic day! They announced this at Mass this past weekend.