I used to think that there was no point for me to try to become a saint. Being conscious of my selfishness and sin, I had no desire for holiness as I thought it was unattainable. One day, I came across a book that truly changed the way I perceive God’s love and mercy; and hence, the true meaning of holiness.
Ten years after her canonisation, the courage of Saint Mary MacKillop – Australia’s first and only saint – still resonates within the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a religious order founded by the St MacKillop with the assistance of Fr Julian Tenison-Woods in 1866 in Penola, SA.