World Youth Day 2008
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World Youth Day 2008 was a Catholic youth festival that started on 15 July and continued until 20 July 2008 in Sydney, Australia. It was the first World Youth Day held in Australia and the first World
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Rehearsal for Stations of the Cross on 12 July near the Sydney Opera House
Lebanese wave their country's flag at the 2008 World Youth Day
The Final Mass held at Southern Cross Precinct (named specifically for the event) drew 350,000 pilgrims.
Mary MacKillop
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Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ was an Australian religious sister. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods, she founded the S
World Youth Day 2008
…around the world followed the stations on television. On 19 July, around 235,000 pilgrims embarked on a 10-kilometre pilgrimage walk, beginning at the Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney, over the Sydney Harbour Bridge and across the city to attend an overnight vigil before the Mass at Randwick Racecourse. Approximately…
Mother Mary of the Cross (1869)
MacKillop museum on Mount Street, North Sydney
Mary MacKillop Chapel in North Sydney, which holds MacKillop's tomb
Saint Mary MacKillop, 1890