Their prayers were directed to the Blessed Mary Mackillop, a Scottish nun who grew up in Australia and is due to become that country’s first saint. Her ancestry is rooted in the Highlands, and devoted her life to educating the poor.
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Saint 'hood
As the people of Roy Bridge, Lochaber, waited to learn the fate of their closure-threatened primary school, the local parish priest asked the community to appeal to a higher source – higher, even, than Highland Council.
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