THE MacKILLOP PROVOCATION.

The article presents the author's insights regarding the implications of the canonization of Mary MacKillop on Catholicism in Australia. He emphasizes that the declaration of MacKillop to be saint implies that Catholics are publicly declaring their peculiar beliefs in holiness, life after death, miracles and power of prayer. He notes that the canonization of MacKillop is a provocation, a celebration of beliefs that do not suit in contemporary Australia which annoy many people particularly the anti-Catholicism.