Tag: Eileen O’Connor
Monica Doumit: Celebrating women as women
I have a love-hate relationship with International Women’s Day, but this year, I’m choosing to baptise it, writes Monica Doumit.
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP: “The little Mother”
This is the edited text of the Homily for the Anniversary Mass for Servant of God Eileen O’Connor, Co Foundress of Our Lady’s Nurses For the Poor, Friday After Epiphany, St Brigid’s Coogee, 10 January 2025.
Eileen O’Connor reaches Rome
The long awaited Cause of canonisation of Eileen O’Connor has reached a massive milestone in Rome. After many years of preparation the collected documentation has been presented to the Roman authorities so that they can weigh up the merits of the Cause and hopefully advance it to the next stage.
Eileen O’Connor, the making of a Saint
The cause for sainthood of Eileen O'Connor reaches a milestone as the documentation is officially delivered to the Vatican.
Eileen O’Connor ready for sainthood
Archbishop Anthony Fisher OP has signed off on the final decree for the acts of the cause for Eileen O’Connor’s canonisation, taking who many hope to be Australia’s next saint onto the next stage in Rome.
Memories of the saintly ‘little mother’
Eileen O'Connor was again smiling over the church when more than 250 people came together to celebrate her at a memorial Mass on 10 January
All welcome on Eileen’s Day
Sydney’s own “saint in waiting” Servant of God Eileen O’Connor will be honoured at a special Mass on the anniversary of her death on...
Devotion to Eileen goes global
The United States west coast city of Spokane in Washington state, 500 kilometres east of Seattle, home to half a million people, would be unfamiliar to many Australians. It’s well and truly off the list of common tourist destinations.
Brown Nurses 60th marks Eileen’s enduring influence
Hundreds have gathered from across Australia for a special Mass last Sunday at Newcastle’s Sacred Heart Cathedral to mark 60 years of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor in the city.
Six decades of Serving the poorest of the poor
For two-thirds of its 60 year history in Newcastle, the softly-spoken Sr Margaret-Mary Birgan has been the public face of Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor in the proud industrial city, north of Sydney.
Honouring Sydney’s Saint in waiting
Servant of God Eileen O’Connor has been honoured with a special Mass on the anniversary of her death at the home where she spent much of her life, devoted to caring for the needs of the sick poor in Sydney in the early 20th century.
Eileen, pray for us!
Archbishop Fisher urges prayers for intercession of sainthood candidate in NSW euthanasia crisis.
