Tag: Eileen O’Connor
Dozens face the heat to remember Servant of God Eileen
Dozens of the faithful have braved Sydney’s heat to commemorate Eileen O’Connor on the 105th anniversary of her death.
The Brown Nurses proudly continue the tradition of Eileen O’Connor
During the festive season, the Brown Nurses walk the streets of Sydney, guiding vulnerable people through physical and mental health obstacles.
Sainthood cause for Eileen O’Connor enters the next stage
Documents relating to the cause of Servant of God Eileen O’Connor were formally presented to the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints. Now the outcome is largely up to the faithful asking for her intercession for healing, for without a documented and proven miracle, the cause will stagnate, writes her Roman postulator Fr Martin Roestenburg O.Praem.
Centre memorialising Eileen O’Connor’s legacy opens in Coogee
The Eileen O’Connor Centre has opened in Coogee in Sydney’s east honouring the life’s work and legacy of the co-founder of the Our Lady’s Nurses for the Poor.
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.
