7 May 2012

Grave of Mother Mary MacKillop's brother discovered

From Afternoons, 2:21 pm on 7 May 2012

The gravestone of the brother of Australia's only saint has been restored and blessed, after being discovered in a Christchurch cemetery about 20 years ago. It was long suspected that John MacKillop - brother of St Mary of the Cross, Mother Mary MacKillop - was buried in a graveyard somewhere in the city.

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