Chapel, museum open all day on Bl Mary’s feast day

Sydney
28 July 2002

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The Blessed Mary MacKillop museum and chapel will be open all day on her feast day (Thursday, August 8) to give people an opportunity to learn about her life and visit her tomb.

Twenty Masses will be celebrated in three different areas at Mary MacKillop Place – in Mount St, North Sydney – where she died on August 8, 1909.

Masses will be held at 8am and 9.30am in the Mary MacKillop memorial chapel.

From 10am they will be held on the hour, the quarter hour and half hour in different places until 3.15pm.

An evening Mass will be held in the memorial chapel at 7.30pm.

The Archbishop of Sydney, Archbishop George Pell, will celebrate the first Mass of the day. Entry to the Mary MacKillop museum will be free.

Students from Josephite schools will provide entertainment in the grounds between 10am and 2.30pm.

Food and refreshments will be available throughout day.

Sr Katrina Brill, the congregational leader of the Sisters of St Joseph, says the feast day provides all Australians with an opportunity to stop and reflect on the meaning of life as exemplified by Bl Mary MacKillop, including the call to be people of hope in a “broken and fragmented world”.

She said: “Mary MacKillop, an Australian at birth, stands out as one of our Australian heroes.

“(Her) innate goodness and her down to earth approach to life, her ability to bring hope and purpose in the midst of suffering has given Australians a freedom to be spiritual. Mary is not a saint to be admired from afar.

“She is a person who truly understands the everyday life of people, their struggles and their joys.

“She stands as a person who reflects to the Australian people the compassionate heart of God.

“Among her great qualities is her sense of integrity, kindness, loyalty to friends and forgiveness of enemies, pragmatism in all areas and genuine holiness,” Sr Katrina said.