Marry macillop

'Mary MacKillop's Significant Contributions towards Establishing the Catholic Church in Colonial Australia'

By ipeel1
  • Mary was born

    Mary was born

    Fitzroy Melbourne

  • celebrates her first holy communion

  • MacKillop stayed for two years

    MacKillop stayed for two years

    before accepting a job teaching the children of Portland, Victoria in 1862
  • Mary and Julian Tennison Woods

    Mary and Julian Tennison Woods

    set up first free catholic school in Penola in a converted stable
  • Mary started

    Mary started

    to wear simple black dress and began congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph
  • Mary Mackillop excluded

    Mary Mackillop excluded

    from the catholic church
    because she discovered children were being abused by a priest and went public,
  • The sisters have collected

    The sisters have collected

    , enough people who agree with her to run 40 schools. One of the best supporters is Jewish Penola resident Emmanuel Solomon.
  • they'd managed

    they'd managed

    they'd managed to open a school in New Zealand
  • MacKillop was beatified

    MacKillop was beatified

    by Pope John Paul II
  • New South Wales,

    New South Wales,

    New South Wales, Australia; canonized October 17, 2010