What she suffered is sometimes astonishing to read (as when she was falsely excommunicated), but ... him as a model and helper at all times. Mary MacKillop, lover of the crucified Christ, had ...

Mary MacKillop. It’s a fitting seat for the university’s beleaguered vice chancellor; MacKillop had her own problems with church hierarchy. She was excommunicated for exposing an abusive priest.

But Mary MacKillop—or Mary of the Cross—knew justice needed ... The most notorious episode of her life was her excommunication from the Church during late 1871 and early 1872. This action was quickly ...