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

  • Mary's Birth

    Mary's Birth
    1842: Mary was born in
     Born in Brunswick Street
    Fitzroy Melbourne
  • mary's communion

    mary's communion
    1850: Celebrates her first holy communion on August 15
  • Mary and Father Julian Tennyson woods

    Mary and Father Julian Tennyson woods
    1866: Mary and father Julian Tennyson woods started a catholic school in Penola
  • congegation of the sisters of st. Josephs

    congegation of the sisters of st. Josephs
    1866 19th of march: Mary wore a simple black dress and begin the congregation of the sisters of St. Joseph
  • Mary takes her religious vows

    Mary takes her religious vows
    Aug 15 1867: Mary takes religious vows and begins the Josephite order
  • Arrived in queensland

    Arrived in queensland
    31 December 1869: Mary Mackillop arrived in Queensland
  • excluded from the catholic church

    excluded from the catholic church
    Sep 22, 1871: Mary MacKillop excluded from the Catholic Church
  • 40 schools

    40 schools
    1877: Mary opened 40 schools in New Zealand
  • five more schools were opened

    five more schools were opened
    1902: five more schools were opened in Queensland
  • Mary was beatrified

    Mary was beatrified
    1995: Mary was beatified by Pope John Paul ll
  • Canonized

    Canonized
    2010 oct 17: Mary was canonized