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BIRTH
Mary was born near Melbourne to Scottish immigrants. And she was the eldest of 6 children -
SHORT WORK
Mary started work to support her family
and became a governess for father woods who she then gets a deep relationship with -
SCHOOL
Mary and Father Woods opened up the first free catholic school at 5 Carnarvon St, Wakeley NSW 2176 -
STARTING SISTERS OF ST JOSEPH
Mary and Father Woods start a new religious order of nuns the sisters of St Joseph and Mary became the first nun when she was just 25 years old -
EXCOMMUNICATED
Mary accuses a priest of abuse but she was excommunicated for alleged insubordination -
LET BACK IN CHURCH
5 months after she is let back into the church from the bishop when he was dying -
ROME
Mary travels to rome and meets pope pius and obtained papal approval for her sisters. She also sought sign off on their rule of life as set down by father woods. -
DIVIDE FOR RELATIONSHIP
But this caused a divide between Mary and father woods and their relationship was never recovered -
DEATH
Mary had a stroke 7 years later she died in 1902 and was an invalid untill her death on August 8, 1909 -
BECOMING SAINT
Mary Mackillop became a saint which was a great success in her life after she died in 1909
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