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Australia Finally Gets A Saint

February 19th 2010 13:54
Pope Benedict has given Australia their first saint with the canonization of Mother Mary MacKillop, a nun that live in the outback in the 1800s

MacKillop founded the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph, an order that built dozens of schools for impoverished children across the Australian Outback in the 1800s, as well as orphanages and clinics for the needy.

With vows of abstinence from owning personal belongings and dedication to helping the poor, MacKillop is credited with spreading Roman Catholicism in Australia and New Zealand.


If she doesn't have one already, I would encourage Australian political leaders to make her birthday an official holiday. I'd drink a Foster's and have some vegemite on Mother Mary MacKillop day.

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