The priest who was widely quoted here and here and here as stating that part of the reason for the 1870 excommunication of the soon-to-be-canonized Blessed Mary MacKillop was her participation in ...

More details of the connection between Blessed Mary MacKillop’s excommunication and the sisters’ reporting of sexual abuse. This time, the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, MacKillop’s order, ...

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia is celebrating the 10th anniversary this year of the canonization of the country’s first and only saint, St. Mary MacKillop. The pioneering religious sister founded the ...

Father Paul Gardiner, who was instrumental in the push to see Mary MacKillop canonised as Australia's first saint, has died in Penola aged 93. He was devoted to the cause for more than two decades, ...

Australia was blessed with its first saint Sunday when Pope Benedict canonized a 19th-century nun who was once excommunicated for exposing a pedophile priest. The pontiff praised Mary MacKillop for ...

Excommunication is not usually on the path to canonization. In the Church’s whole history, only five individuals were excommunicated and then later named saints. Being banned from the sacraments is ...

The South Australian town of Penola will celebrate the legacy of its most famous resident, Saint Mary MacKillop, this weekend. March 19 marks 150 years since Mary MacKillop and Father Julian Tenison ...

On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Mary MacKillop, Australia's first canonized saint. Sr. Mary MacKillop, with Fr. Julian Tenison Woods, founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. As excitement mounts about Mary MacKillop's impending sainthood, the Perth Mint is launching gold ...