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With gratitude, Sr Diane looks back to the beatification of St Mary of the Cross MacKillop, beatified on 19 January 1995 by Pope John Paul II.

We celebrate the birth of our co-founder, Saint Mary MacKillop on 15 January. Learn about Mary’s life from her birth.

While the Jubilee Year concludes on feast of the Epiphany, our journey as pilgrims of hope does not! Like the Magi, we continue to seek Christ in and through the events of each day.

New Year is a symbolic doorway, inviting us to leave behind what no longer serves us and embrace the promise of what lies ahead.

This Christmas, give the gift of quality education for young people in Timor-Leste. Learn how Mary MacKillop Today’s Inclusive Early Education program is supporting children, families and communities in rural areas.

We commemorate the 60th anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Council. It formally closed on the feast of the Immaculate Conception (8 December 1965) with a Pontifical Mass celebrated by Pope St Paul VI.

On 30 November 2025, we begin a new Church year. The new Church year begins with the season of Advent, and the readings are taken from Year A.

Congratulations to Sister Margaret Ng who has been awarded the Sisters’ Anti Trafficking Servant Leadership Laureate Award for 2025 at the annual Sisters’ Anti Trafficking Awards (SATA), held in Lusaka, Zambia on 21 November.

Mary MacKillop Place, located in North Sydney, is opening for its inaugural Christmas lights event, ‘Hope Illuminated – Christmas Lights at Mary MacKillop Place’ in December.

From 22-23 November, we celebrate the Jubilee of Choirs. As Renate Cassis shares, “Choirs in general possess remarkable power and a certain kind of magic when gathered. Whether it’s the grandeur of a concert choir, or the simplicity of a small parish group, they both bring unity and a sense of sacredness.”