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
Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary, Żebbuġ, Gozo Assumption on Gozo. The church also includes a statue of Saint Anthony of Padua made in 1904, a statue of Saint Joseph made in 1906, and a statue of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux made in 1922. A statue of Our Lady of the Rosary was blessed in 1919. The parish also owns a set of statues showing various episodes of the Passion of Jesus, which are used in the annual Good Friday procession. Parish Church of the Assumption of Mary, Żebbuġ, Gozo The Parish Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven () is a Roman Catholic