sisters of saint joseph of the sacred heart

By Isabella.Borrello

  • Julian Tenison Woods birth

    Julian Tenison Woods was born in London on November 15, 1832. He was one of eleven children and came from a family that encouraged a love of learning, nature and the outdoors

  • Mary MacKillop was born

    On January 15, 1842 Mary MacKillop was born of Scottish parents, Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald

  • the open ing of the first school

    in 1866, greatly inspired and encouraged by Father Woods, Mary opened the first Saint Joseph's School in a disused stable in Penola. Young women came to join Mary, and so the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph was begun

  • The growing population of the school

    In 1867, Mary was asked by Bishop Shiel to come to Adelaide to start a school. From there, the Sisters spread, in groups to small outback settlements and large cities around Australia, New Zealand, and now in Peru, Brazil and refugee camps of Uganda and Thailand.

  • Julian's traveling

    In 1883, he spent three years travelling through Asia, exploring and reporting on the mineral and coal deposits of the Malayan Peninsula and other nearby countries

  • The death of Julian Tenison Woods

    He died in Sydney on October 7, 1889 at the age of 57.

  • the death of Mary MacKillop

    Through her life Mary suffered very ill health. She died on August 8, 1909

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