Mary MacKillop

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  • Mary MacKillop was born

  • Period: to

    Mar MacKillop

  • Governess to CaMeron children at Penola Homestead; meets Fr Woods

  • Appointed to a salaried teaching position at Portland Catholic Denominational School

  • Started the StableSchool on St Joseph’sDay 19 March; wearsblack dress to signify dedication to God

  • Opens first convent cottage in Grote St AdelaideFirst Adelaide school opensTakes religious vows

  • Takes final vows 8 December and leaves for Brisbane

  • Opposition to Sisters grew over the issue of central government and refusal to accept government grants for education.

  • Mary excommunicated 22 September. By Bishop Sheil. 47 Sisters expelled

  • Excommunication order removed 23 February Sisters restored to Habits 19 MarchFr Woods advised to relinquish the direction of the Sisters Foundation formed in Bathurst diocese

  • Mary travels to Rome to seek approval of Rule written by Fr Woods

  • Mary returns on 24 December with 15 Irish postulants

  • Constitution of the Institute of St Joseph accepted at First General Chapter.Mary elected as first Superior General

  • Sisters obliged to leave Bathurst because Bishop Matthew Quinn’s refusal to accept central government of the Institute

  • Sisters obliged to leave Queensland because of Bishop James Quinn’s refusal to accept central government of the Institute

  • Eight Foundations in Sydney ArchdioceseTwo Foundations in Armidale dioceseThe last community of Josephites left Qld in July 1880 and a fortnight later the first Diocesan Josephites arrived in Qld

  • Second General Chapter. Mary re-elected

  • First foundation in New Zealand at Temuka Mary dismissed from Adelaide by Bishop Reynolds and goes to Sydney

  • Rome rejects the Sydney Synod decree asserting diocesan control over the Sisters arrive in Northhampton WA

  • Cardinal Moran informs Mary that her election in 1881 is invalid. He appoints Mother Bernard Walsh as leader

  • Decree from Rome constitutes the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart as an approved Regular Congregation with Mother House in SydneyDiocesan Congregations of the Sisters of St Joseph to be distinct from the other and to make some alteration in their

  • Foundation at Numurkah Victoria

  • Sisters present in nine dioceses in Australia and New Zealand

  • Mary elected Superior General after death of Mother Bernard Walsh

  • Sisters return to Clermont in Qld

  • Mary suffers stroke and goes to Rotorua

  • Mary dies 8 August at Mount St, North Sydney and is buried in Gore Hill Cemetery

  • Memorial Chapel built at North Sydney

  • Building of Memorial Chapel in North Sydney and translation of her remains

  • Postponed in 1931 and re-opened in 1951

  • Beatification Ceremony in Sydney 19 January

  • Canonisation in Rome