Talk:Mary MacKillop

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The link in the article to Sisters of St Joseph refers to an order which inspired Mary MacKillop's order, but not that order itself Is delinking in order?--Ror 21:10, 14 January 2006 (UTC) hkglk

I have just changed the link to refer to the correct order: the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. --AonghusMor 11:36, 16 May 2006 (UTC) Abbie

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Around the time of Mary MacKillop's beatification three products for the musical stage were developed. One was a short one, about 20 minutes, which was part of a 'remarkable women' compilation. The second one was a send-up, performed in the Adelaide Space. It was taken off before reaching its full schedule of a fortnight. A third one was by a team in a Catholic High School. It ran very successfully in the Odeon Theatre in Adelaide, and became part of the official celebrations in Adelaide's Football Park. None of them went on to the big professional stage as investors shied away from Catholic themes.

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Hey there, I'm just preparing an entry in the German Wikipedia. Here are two things I found strange:

• a) How many siblings did Mary have? It says six in this article and also at http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/mackillop.htm . But according to http://www.ewtn.com/new_evangelization/oceania/holiness/saints1.htm and to http://www.sosj.org.au/mary/mary.html it should be seven siblings (so altogether with her eight children).
• b) What are those "countless technical difficulties" that made it tough to prove that she has been responsible for a miracle. The text by Fr Paul Gardiner, S.J. taken from L'Osservatore Romano is talking especially about a difficulty in 1929: "In March 1929 a technical difficulty arose, and much time was taken up in discussing how to proceed. Eventually, in 1931 it was decided that the cause should be suspended until a better time. But 20 years later [...]" Can anyone explain to me in detail what this was all about? Just curious, could be worth mentioning. --X-Weinzar (talk) 17:07, 14 April 2008 (UTC)

Regarding the siblings, the sosj.org.au and ewtn.com pages are probably more reliable sources, but if you want to be certain, get in touch with Victoria's Registry of Births, Deaths and Marriages, although they charge for such information.WA Burdett (talk) 03:54, 15 April 2008 (UTC)

Well, I don't care that much about this information, I can also leave it out. Just wanted to point to this issue that there seems to be confusion and the article might be wrong in stating that she had six siblings. I was just hoping for some expert who happens to have read some more reliable sources like books etc ;-) --X-Weinzar (talk) 11:49, 15 April 2008 (UTC)