Mary Mackillop Time line

  • Mary Mackillop Being Born

    January 15th 1842: Mary was born in Fitzroy Melbourne
  • Mary Mackillops first school

    1866: Mary and Julian Tennison Woods set up first free catholic school in Penola in a converted stable.
  • Started wearing simple black dress

    1866: 19th March Mary started to wear simple black dress and began congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph.
  • Mary Mackillop becomes the first Nun.

    1867: Mary MacKillop becomes the first nun and Mother Superior of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, an order of nuns created by Fr Woods.
  • Mary travels to Rome

    1873: Mary MacKillop travels to Rome to seek approval of the Rule.
  • Mary runed 40 school

    1877: the Sisters have garnered enough support in the community to run 40 schools.
  • opened a school in New Zealand

    1883: they'd managed to open a school in New Zealand.
  • Mary Died

    67, on August 8, 1909: Mary MacKillop dies.
  • Mary was canonized

    1926: Her canonization process begins
  • Mary Mackillops second miracle

    December 2009: the Vatican issues a papal decree recognising Mary MacKillop's second miracle
  • Mary baecam the first ever saint

    17, 2010: Mary became the first ever saint.