The Saints of our Parish
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St Stephen
St Stephen was the first Christian martyr, and the Cathedral and Chapel are named in his honour. His story is recounted in the River of Stone, on the glass panels of the walls of the Francis Rush Centre, and in the West Window of St Stephen’s Chapel. His image is interpreted in stained glass in the West Window of the Cathedral and in an icon in the apse of the Cathedral.
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St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop is the Patron of the Archdiocese of Brisbane. She is the first Australian to be canonised a saint. She was born in 1842 and co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph with Fr Julian Tennison-Woods in Penola, South Australia in 1866. She built and staffed many schools and welfare institutions in Australia and New Zealand. She died in 1909 and was canonised in 2010.
Visit the Sisters of St Joseph website for more information about St Mary of the Cross MacKillop |
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St Patrick
Saint Patrick was a fifth-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland. Known as the "Apostle of Ireland", he is the primary patron saint of Ireland. The dates of Patrick's life cannot be fixed with certainty, but there is broad agreement that he was active as a missionary in Ireland during the fifth century. According to the autobiographical Confessio of Patrick, when he was about 16, he was captured by Irish pirates from his home in Britain and taken as a slave to Ireland, looking after animals; he lived there for six years before escaping and returning to his family. After becoming a cleric, he returned to northern and western Ireland. In later life, he served as a bishop, but little is known about the places where he worked. By the seventh century, he had already come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.
Saint Patrick's Day is observed on 17 March, the supposed date of his death. |
