Scalpture for Canonisation first Aussie Saint.

The Archbishop of Sydney, Cardinal George Pell, commis­sion­ed Australian sculptor Louis Laumen to produce the bronze sculpture which de­picts Mary MacKillop with a boy and a girl.

The dimensions of the statue base are: 2.5metres wide (width across the front including engraved lettering); 1.5 metres deep and 800mm high from top landing. The statue of Mary weighs 200kg, the girl 160kg and the boy 150kg.

Mr Laumen said he gladly accepted the offer to create this work, understanding the “great significance of the occasion of canonisation and the work’s placement at St Mary’s Cathedral, a masterpiece of the neo-gothic style”.

New monument at the Collage St entrance to St Marys Cathedral



Good Friday in Sydney

Stations of the Cross in Hyde Park today.

Religions of Bonnyrigg *4

Khmer Temple

Religions of Bonnyrigg *3

Lao Temple

Religions of Bonnyrigg *2

Phap Bao Pagoda

Religions of Bonnyrigg

Bonnyrigg is a suburb of Sydney located 36 kilometres west of CBD.
Religion in the Bonnyrigg area has a vitality, and also a prominence, that you don't find so often in older areas of Sydney. In some parts, the main roads are literally lined with large places of worship, many on land provided by government.

Parkside Church is next to a Laotian Buddhist Temple (they sometimes use each other's car park). The Chinese Presbyterian Church is next to a mosque, which adjoins a temple and pagoda.

12 places of worship within two square kilometres. All these communities live next to each other with absolutely no problems.



Khmer Temple

Lao Temple

Turkish Mosque

Redfern & JP2

Co ma Redfern wspólnego z papieżem Janem Pawłem II? W tamtejszym Kościele Sw.Wincentego znajduje się niezwykły fresk z fragmentem tekstu, który polski papież wyglosil w Alice Springs do rdzennej ludności Australii w 1986 roku. Byl to historyczny moment dla Aborygenów. Dla nich te slowa mają takie znaczenie jak dla Polaków homilia Jana Pawla II z czerwca 1989 roku na Placu Zwycięstwa w Warszawie: " Niech wstąpi Duch Twój i odnowi oblicze ziemi, tej ziemi".

St Vincent Church, Redfern

Inside Redfern Catholic Church. Words of the Pope John Paul II to Aboriginal people.