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Mary MacKillop was born
Mary was born in a town called Newtown, her parents were Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald.
She was batised as Maria Ellen. -
First Holy Communion of Mary
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Started the Stable School
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Several women joined MacKillop and her sisters on the Feast Day
MacKillop adopted the religious name of Sister Mary of the Cross and she and Lexie began wearing simple religious habits. The small group began to call themselves the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. -
Mary died
Mary died at Mount Street,North Sydney, buriedat Gore Hillcemetery. -
Start of the Process of Canonisation
Newlyelected Superior General Mother Laurence O’Brien raisedthequestion of the Cause of Beatificationwith the apostolic Delegate. -
First Miracle
Mrs Hopson was was diagnosed with acute myeloblastic leukaemia and was told ''death was the evident outcome''.
It was her complete recovery, without scientific explanation, combined with the prayers of Catholic sisters through MacKillop that prompted the Vatican to accept Mrs Hopson's cure was a ''miracle'' - the reason for MacKillop's beatification in 1995. Mrs Hopson gave birth to six healthy children and for many years has lived in the Blue Mountains. -
Second Miracle
Kathleen Evans was diagnosed with inoperable lung and brain cancer, for which chemotherapy and radiotherapy did not work. Given a month to live, she wore a relic of Mary MacKillop's clothing on her nightie and prayed. Ten months later, tests showed no signs of cancer, only scarring where it had been. -
Ceremony of Beatification by Pope Paul II, Sydney
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Mary's Canonisation Ceremony
It happened at 10 am of this day,
A few days prior to the ceremony a large image of each saint was hung in front of the Basilica of St Peter. Mary MacKillop’s image was positioned in the middle and to the right hand side of the main door as one faces the Basilica.