Mary MacKillop The process to have MacKillop declared a saint began in the 1920s, and she was beatified in January 1995 by Pope John Paul II. Pope Benedict XVI prayed at her tomb during his visit to Sydney for World Youth Day 2008 and in December 2009 approved the Catholic Church's recognition of a second miracle attributed to her intercession. She was canonised on 17 October 2010, during a public ceremony in St Peter's Square at the Vatican. She is the first Australian to be recognised by the Catholic Church as a saint. Mary Helen MacKillop was born on 15 January 1842
Church of Saint Mary The Virgin, Hutton Church of Saint Mary The Virgin, Hutton The Anglican Church of Saint Mary The Virgin in Hutton within the English county of Somerset was built in the 15th century. It is a Grade II* listed building. The church was built in the 15th century on the site of an earlier church. The parish is part of the benefice of Hutton and Locking, within the Diocese of Bath and Wells. The church has a two-bay nave with a waggon roof, chancel and three-bay aisle. There is a three-stage west tower supported by diagonal buttresses. Within the tower is a ring of