Post by dragrat on Oct 17, 2010 16:12:44 GMT -5
Well they you go. Australian's first saint. Saint Mary MacKillop.
Pope confirms her place in history
You could have heard a pin drop as the Pope, following centuries-old tradition, canonised Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop, writes Paola Totaro in Rome.
It was among the biggest contingents of Australians gathered together in Europe in peace time - 8000 of them exultant in the shadow of the dome of St Peter's to celebrate the sainthood of one of their own.
Australians do little by halves and Mary MacKillop, the daughter of Scottish immigrants, a woman of her time - and a figure devoted to redressing injustices pertinent still to our own - was given her nation's all.
As the Pope added her to the Book of Saints at 10.42am Rome time, framed by a blood red outdoor altar at the doors of the Basilica, Mother Mary's beloved Sisters of Joseph, many septuagenarians identifiable by their electric teal scarves, held lined faces to a similarly hued sky. Some quietly shed a tear, others literally glowed with pride.
We inscribe them in the book of saints and state that throughout the church they will be devoutly honoured as saints. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" he said.
The rite of canonisation began with the request for inscription by the postulants and was followed by his solemn utterance in Italian: "In honour of the most holy Trinity, in exultation of the Catholic faith and the development of our Christian life, with the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Apostles Peter and Paul and after long reflection, invoking divine help and listening to many of our brothers in the Episcopato, we declare and define [as] saints the Blessed Stanlisaw Kazimiercyk, Andre Bessette, Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola, Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Giulia Salzano and Battista da Varano."
Following the tradition of centuries, the relics of the new saints were then brought to the altar for blessing. Kathleen Evans, the grandmother whose cure from cancer was attributed to the miraculous powers of Mary MacKillop, carried a wooden cross containing a lock of the saint's hair, assisted by Ronald Campbell from Scotland and Sister Neisha Allport from Penola.
Sourced from Sydney Morning Herald: Oct. 18th 2010.
Pope confirms her place in history
You could have heard a pin drop as the Pope, following centuries-old tradition, canonised Australia's first saint, Mary MacKillop, writes Paola Totaro in Rome.
It was among the biggest contingents of Australians gathered together in Europe in peace time - 8000 of them exultant in the shadow of the dome of St Peter's to celebrate the sainthood of one of their own.
Australians do little by halves and Mary MacKillop, the daughter of Scottish immigrants, a woman of her time - and a figure devoted to redressing injustices pertinent still to our own - was given her nation's all.
As the Pope added her to the Book of Saints at 10.42am Rome time, framed by a blood red outdoor altar at the doors of the Basilica, Mother Mary's beloved Sisters of Joseph, many septuagenarians identifiable by their electric teal scarves, held lined faces to a similarly hued sky. Some quietly shed a tear, others literally glowed with pride.
We inscribe them in the book of saints and state that throughout the church they will be devoutly honoured as saints. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" he said.
The rite of canonisation began with the request for inscription by the postulants and was followed by his solemn utterance in Italian: "In honour of the most holy Trinity, in exultation of the Catholic faith and the development of our Christian life, with the authority of Our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Apostles Peter and Paul and after long reflection, invoking divine help and listening to many of our brothers in the Episcopato, we declare and define [as] saints the Blessed Stanlisaw Kazimiercyk, Andre Bessette, Candida Maria de Jesus Cipitria y Barriola, Mary of the Cross MacKillop, Giulia Salzano and Battista da Varano."
Following the tradition of centuries, the relics of the new saints were then brought to the altar for blessing. Kathleen Evans, the grandmother whose cure from cancer was attributed to the miraculous powers of Mary MacKillop, carried a wooden cross containing a lock of the saint's hair, assisted by Ronald Campbell from Scotland and Sister Neisha Allport from Penola.
Sourced from Sydney Morning Herald: Oct. 18th 2010.