-
Mary's Dad's declares himself bankrupt
Mary and her family experienced financial hardship due to Alexander Mackillop declaring himself bankrupt a little bit before Mary was born.
Due to her dad being bankrupt she had to move around a lot and she couldn’t make any friends and she also had to help her family a lot. -
Mary was born
Mary was born and started her life with her loving family. -
Mary Completed Her First Communion
Mary completed her third holy sacrament, her first eucharist.
This meant that she was on track to becoming related to the church. -
Mary Began Working
Mary began working only at the age of 14 to help and support her family financially. -
Mary Becomes Governess to the children of Alexander Cameron
Mary became a governess to the children of Alexander Cameron at Penola where she met Father Julian Tenison Woods who became her spiritual leader. -
Becomes A Teacher
She starts her teaching career at Portland Catholic Denominational School which means that she had been on track to becoming a teacher and she was also on track to becoming a nun because she was teaching at a catholic school. -
Started the first free Catholic school in Penola
Together with Fr Julian Tenison Woods Mary started the first free catholic school in Penola.
First, the school was in a stable and then later on in a more substantial stone building. -
Mary and Fr Woods Began a new Religious Order
Mary joined Fr Woods again to establish a new religious order of nuns, The Sisters of Saint Joseph -
Mary gets Excommunicated from the Church
Bishop Sheil of Adelaide excommunicates Mary on the 22nd of September because he felt that she was taking over his role and because she was a woman. -
Bishop Sheil removed the Excommunication
Bishop Sheil later removed the excommunication 22 weeks later on the 23rd of February 1872 seven days before he died. -
Mary Suffers a Stroke
Mary suffers a stroke and becomes paralysed on her right-hand side. She is confined to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. -
Mary Dies
Mary dies on August 8 at Mount Street in North Sydney and is buried at Gore Hill Cemetery. -
Mary Was Canonised
Mary was canonised in 2010 in Rome on October the 17th and became Australia first ever saint.
