Mary Helen MacKillop(15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909), also known as Saint Mary of the cross, was an Australian Roman Catholic nun who, together with Father Julian Woods, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart and a number of schools throughout Australasia with an emphasis on education for the poor, particularly in country areas. Since her death she has attracted much attention in Australia and internationally. MacKillop is the only Australian to have been canonised which means she is being turned into a saint.Some people don’t want here to be a saint or to be canonised and probably don’t believe in miracles or are a different religion.she has also made 2 miracles
#1 she cured a lady of lukemia in 1961 and
#2 she cured a man of lung cancer in the 1990’s these miricals where aprroved by the vatican
She was canonised on 17 October 2010 during a public ceremony in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican making her the first Australian to be recognised by the Roman Catholic Church as a saint.MacKillop died on 8 August 1909The Archbishop of Sydney stated that: “I consider this day to have assisted at the deathbed of a Saint.After MacKillop’s burial, people continually took earth from around her grave. As a result, her remains were exhumed and transferred on 27 January 1914 to a vault
