St Mary McKillop - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:57:22 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg St Mary McKillop - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Mary MacKillop's NZ 125th arrival anniversary marked https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/03/20/mary-mackillops-nz-125th-arrival-anniversary-marked-2/ Mon, 20 Mar 2023 04:52:28 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=156791 The 125th anniversary of the arrival of Mary MacKillop, and her Sisters of Joseph in Port Chalmers was celebrated on Sunday, St Joseph's Day. Organised by parishioner and ex-pupil of St Joseph's School, Carol Meikle QSM, the event featured the unveiling and blessing of a commemorative Sacred Heart statue by Bishop Michael Dooley. MacKillop spent Read more

Mary MacKillop's NZ 125th arrival anniversary marked... Read more]]> The 125th anniversary of the arrival of Mary MacKillop, and her Sisters of Joseph in Port Chalmers was celebrated on Sunday, St Joseph's Day.

Organised by parishioner and ex-pupil of St Joseph's School, Carol Meikle QSM, the event featured the unveiling and blessing of a commemorative Sacred Heart statue by Bishop Michael Dooley.

MacKillop spent several months in Port Chalmers in 1898.

The Sisters of St Joseph maintained a presence in the community from 1898 to 1979.

MacKillop was a strong and determined woman whose work benefited thousands of children she was canonised a Saint in October 2010.

Source: ODT

Mary MacKillop's NZ 125th arrival anniversary marked]]> 156791 Australian saint thanked for miracle Parkinson's cure https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/07/30/australian-mary-mckillop-miracle/ Mon, 30 Jul 2018 07:55:32 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=109867 Australian saint Mary McKillop has received thanks from a man she cured from Parkinson's disease 10 years ago. On 18 July Ricky Peterson of Kansas City, Kansas revisited St Mary MacKillop's tomb with a prayer of thanksgiving for the seemingly miraculous event that had changed his life a decade earlier. Peterson first knelt at the Read more

Australian saint thanked for miracle Parkinson's cure... Read more]]> Australian saint Mary McKillop has received thanks from a man she cured from Parkinson's disease 10 years ago.

On 18 July Ricky Peterson of Kansas City, Kansas revisited St Mary MacKillop's tomb with a prayer of thanksgiving for the seemingly miraculous event that had changed his life a decade earlier.

Peterson first knelt at the tomb as a pilgrim during World Youth Day in 2008 and offered a prayer for McKillop would heal him of the Parkinson's disease. He believes he was cured of the disease while he was praying. Read more

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