'Mary MacKillop's Significant Contributions towards Establishing the Catholic Church in Colonial Australia'
By ccrisham
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when Mary was born
when she was born 15th January 1842 -
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Mary Mackillops life
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Marys first free catholic school
Mary and Julian Tennison Woods set up first free catholic school in Penola in a converted stable -
Mary wore a simple black dress
Mary started to wear a simple black dress and began congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph -
Mary Establishing fourteen schools and a orphanage
During the next ten years, the Sisters established fourteen schools, an orphanage at Mackay. -
Mary opened sixty-nine parish primary schools
Between 1870 and 2003, the Josephites opened sixty-nine Parish primary schools all over Australia -
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 a school in New Zealand
By 1883, they'd managed to open a school in New Zealand -
Mary opened five more schools
Between 1902 and 1915 five more schools were opened in the diocese -
Mary died
She died on August 8, 1909 -
Mary was Canonization
The Canonization of Mary MacKillop was celebrated in every diocese of Queensland and in November 2010
