Mary MacKillop 7

Friday 1st April 2022.

Mass:  Our Lady Star of the Sea Robe.

Penola to Victor Harbor

Today our journey was from Penola to Victor Harbor, quite a lot of driving.

Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Robe. 

This church was commissioned by Fr Julian Tenison Woods and built in 1859.  The Josephite Sisters set up a school in this church in 1868 and continued until 1882, living in the sacristy and teaching in the body of the church.   Mary was a source of strength and inspiration to her religious sisters through her regular visits. We celebrated Mass in this beautiful little church.

Lake Butler Marina, Robe. 

Larry Lobster, Kingston. 

We had lunch near here, but I don’t think anyone had lobster. 

The Coorong,

We drove along the Coorong, a district which extends 140 kilometres along the coast from the southern bank of the Murray beside the long narrow Coorong Lagoon. 

Meningie   

These lakes used to be fresh, but since white settlement, and irrigation from the Murray, there is now not enough fresh water in the Murray to flush them out, so they are now saline. 

Meningie. 

The mighty Murray at Murray Bridge. 

View from our patio at McCracken Country Club, Victor Harbor. 

"Contemplative silence is loving attention.  It is our gift to God who is already lovingly, silently in our presence.  Simplicity is the essence of contemplation."  (From Day 7's handout).