Mary mackillop

By patrick.el-bayeh

  • Birth

  • Began work as a clerk in Melbourne

  • Began teaching children

  • Appointed as a salaried teacher at Portland (VIC) Catholic Demonstration School.

  • Set up St Joseph’s School, Australia’s first free Catholic School.

  • Mary went to Adelaide and opened the first convent in Grote St, Adelaide.

  • Mary took religious vows to become a nun.

  • Mary became the first sister and Mother Superior of the Order of the Sisters of StJoseph of the Sacred Heart

  • Mary took final vows

  • Mary returned to Adelaide and established more schools in country South Australia including Burra and Port Augusta

  • Mary journeyed to Rome to get support for Father Woods and approval for her Order and its work.

  • Mary journeyed to Queensland and clashed with Bishop James Quinn over the Governance of the Church and the role of nuns teaching in Church schools.

  • Period: to

    Mary lived in New Zealand where she founded the Order of the Josephites.

  • Mary worked in Victoria.

  • Mary returned to South Australia and visited country schools throughout the state before journeying to New Zealand a second time.

  • Mary was elected unopposed as Mother Superior-General of the Josephites.

  • Mary was re-elected Mother Superior General.

  • Death