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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.