Aiming high was so much more than a mantra for about 200 students at an all-girls gathering just north of the Adelaide CBD this week.
Hundreds of people have already flocked to St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral to see, and spend some time with, the relic of the 21st century’s ‘Saint of the internet age’.
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About 100 workers, a handful of politicians and two priests from St Francis Xavier’s Cathedral braved the inclement weather on Saturday 25 July for the third, and final, blessing of Australia’s largest infrastructure undertaking.
From 23 July and across nine performances, Adelaide’s Therry Theatre will stage a production of a musical that caused worldwide controversy bordering on the seismic when it debuted way back in 1971.
It is, at 582 pages long, an extraordinarily comprehensive account of not just the good works of Mary MacKillop, but of how her ideals and way of thinking and teaching spread across South Australia.
Shortly before 9am near St Mary’s on Adelaide’s South Rd on Saturday 11 July, it began to rain. A light drizzle at first and then incessantly.
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