Mary MacKillop Buc was commissioned by the Shire of Glenelg to write an hour-long cantata mass for the centenary of the death of Mary MacKillop. It was premiered by the Royal Melbourne Philharmonic in Portland, Victoria. The "Mass of Mary McKillop" is a setting for congregational singing, composed by Joshua Cowie. Hymns specifically used in St Mary of the Cross celebrations including "A Saint for Today" and "Mary MacKillop, Woman of Australia" by Josephite Sister Margaret Cusack, and "If I Could Tell The Love of God", "In Love God Leads Us" and "Psalm 103" by Jesuit Priest Christopher Willcock. MacKillop is also
Basilica of Saint Mary (Minneapolis) Basilica of St. Mary. Basilica of Saint Mary (Minneapolis) The Basilica of Saint Mary is a Roman Catholic minor basilica located on its own city block along Hennepin Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota. It was the first basilica established in the United States. The Basilica of Saint Mary is the co-cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. The Basilica of Saint Mary replaced a previous church, the Church of the Immaculate Conception. It was originally built in 1871, located at 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue North, but the expanding warehouse district