The oversize Concrete Cross overlooking the Western Highway was once described by an Australian Legal Counsel as the LANDMARK of Bacchus Marsh. It attracts many visitors and pilgrims from all walks of life giving them the opportunity to ‘stand still’ and be in the presence of God or simply to catch a glimpse of the aerial view around the Hill..

The Vietnamese-Australian community gratefully donated the granite altar erected at the base of the Cross.

The impressive statue of Our Lady facing the entrance to the Shrine embrace each visitor or pilgrim who choses to set foot on this Sacred Oasis of Peace.

The Çall to Prayer”- “Come, Ejja. Come” can instantly be felt as soon as you enter the place, at least by the faithfuls.

In 1992 a suitable place for the establishment of the Shrine dedicated to Our Lady Ta Pinu was found above the beautiful valley of Bacchus Marsh, on the outskirts of Melbourne. The required legal and ecclesiastical permissions were sought and granted. The Archbishop of Melbourne, His Lordship Francis Thomas Little  gave permission for Mass to be said each first Saturday of the month.  Each month hundreds of people would gather in front of the statue of the Blessed Virgin Mary, duly built on the hillside.

On Sat 4th Nov 1995 , His Lordship Dr. Nicholas J Cauchi Bishop of Gozo-Malta  blessed the imposing statue of Our Lady at the entrance of this Marian Centre.The devotion to the Immaculate heart of Mary began on the 26 March 1994 at this site and it been held uninterruptedly for the last 20 years where hundreds of our devotees gather to pray the Rosary and attend Mass. A large concrete cross marking the site of the proposed church was erected on the hilltop overlooking the motorway.

Saint John Paul II blessed a brass cross on  5th February 1996 during a general audience in Rome,and

the Late Dr. Francis T Little, Archbishop of Melbourne, affixed it to the majestic cross on 24th February 1996