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

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

  • Mary was born

    □ January 15th 1842: Mary was born in Fitzroy Melbourne

  • Mary and Julian Tennison Woods

    ○ 1866: Mary and Julian Tennison Woods set up first free catholic school in Penola in a converted stable

  • Mary started to wear

    1866: 19th March Mary started to wear simple black dress and began congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph

  • Mary MacKillop becomes the first nun

    1867, Mary MacKillop becomes the first nun and Mother Superior of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, an order of nuns created by Fr Woods.

  • the Sisters have garnered

    By 1877, the Sisters have garnered enough support in the community to run 40 schools. One of her biggest supporters is Jewish Penola resident Emmanuel Solomon.

  • By 1883, they'd managed

    By 1883, they'd managed to open a school in New Zealand.

  • Pope Leo XIII

    Pope Leo XIII gives his final approval to the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in 1888.

  • Mary MacKillop dies

    Mary MacKillop dies aged 67, on August 8, 1909. She is buried in Gore Hill Cemetery.

  • She is being canonised

    She is being canonised on October 17, 2010, making her Australia's first ever saint.