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Mary MacKilop's life
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Mary's Birth
Mary was born on 15 of January 1842. -
Mary's first school
Mary and Julian Tennison Woods set up the first free catholic school in Penola in an old stable -
The Sister's of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
In 1867, Mary Mackillop became the first nun and mother superior of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. -
Mary's first schools in Queensland
By July 1870 Mary had opened 3 schools two in Brisbane and the other one in the country town of Maryborough. -
Mary got excommunicated from the Catholic church
Mary Mackillop got excommunicated from the Catholic church in September 1871. -
Mary opened 11 more schools in Queensland
By 1880 Mary had opened 14 schools in Queensland. -
Mary's first school in New Zealand
In 1883 they had opened a school in New Zealand Mary had also opened an orphanage at Mackay. -
The final approval of the Sisters of St Joseph
Pope Leo XIII gives his final approval to the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in 1888. -
Mary's Death
Mary MacKillop dies aged 67, on August 8, 1909. She is buried in Gore Hill Cemetery. -
Mary becomes a Saint
October 17, 2010 Mary was canonised making her Australia's first saint.