Today we celebrate Australia's first saint, Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop. She was born of migrant parents on 15 January 1842. While Mary's mother, Flora, was pregnant, a priest had lent her a relic of the Holy Cross to wear until her child was born. "My name in religion is Mary of the Cross", Mary would write to her in 1867. "No name could be dearer to me, so I must endeavour, not to deserve it – for I cannot – but at least I must try not to disgrace it." Having borne the cross in different