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

By hschultz1

  • When Mary was born

    1842 when she was born 15th January 1842
  • Period: to

    Mary MacKilop's life

  • When Mary set up her first free catholic school

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

  • Mary began congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph

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

  • when Mary became Sister Mary of the cross

    On 1867, she pronounced her religious vows and became sisters of Mary of the Cross

  • When Sisters of Saint Joseph arrived in Queensland

    31 December 1869 Mary MacKillop and five other Sisters of St Joseph arrived in Queensland on 31  

  • When Mary opened Parish primary schools

    1870-2003 Between 1870 and 2003, the Josephites opened sixty-nine Parish primary schools,

  • When Mary opened three more schools in South Brisbane

    1870 the Josephites were teaching at St Mary’s School, South Brisbane, and by July they had opened
    three more schools, two in Brisbane,

  • Mary opened five more schools

    1902-1915 Between 1902 and 1915 five more schools were opened 

  • When Mary died

    August 8, 1909, she died August 8, 1909

  • When Mary got Canonized

    2010 The Canonisation of Mary MacKillop was celebrated in every diocese of Queensland and in November 2010