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Birth
Born in Fitzroy, VIC on the 15th of January 1842 -
Mary Opens St Josephs School
Mary and Lexie move to Penola in
January to help Fr Julian establish a
school based on 'purely Catholic
principles'. -
Opens first Covenant Cottage
Opens the first convent-cottage in Grote Street, Adelaide and began to teach in St Francis Xavier Hall School. -
Mary was Excommunicated
Bishop Sheil excommunicated Mary MacKillop on Friday, 22 September 1871. -
Excommunication Removed
On his deathbed, the bishop ordered her excommunication rescinded. -
Mary Travels to Rome
Mary travels to Rome on 28 March to
seek approval of the Rule written by Fr
Julian. The Pope approves of the Rule -
Mary Elected Mother General
Constitution of the Institute of St Joseph
accepted by First General Chapter and
Mary elected Mother General on 19
March. -
Mary is told to Step Down
Cardinal Moran returns with the news on
11 November that Mary is to step down
as Mother General. Mother Bernard
appointed Superior General. -
Death of Mary's Mother
Death of Mary’s mother, Flora, on 30
May. Flora drowned when the Ly-ee Moon ship was wrecked off Eden on the
NSW South Coast. -
Mary Elected Superior General
Mary elected Superior General after the
death of Mother Bernard on 6 January. -
Death
Died in North Sydney, NSW. Died on the 8/8/1909 -
Mary's First Miracle
MacKillop's first miracle took place in 1961, when a 23-year-old leukemia-stricken woman, given less than a month to live, prayed to MacKillop and recovered. -
Mary's Second Miracle
Kathleen Evans, who was cured of inoperable lung cancer in 1994, as Mother Mary's second and final miracle. -
Mary's Beatification
Pope John Paul II declares Mary a Saint
in Australia at a Beatification
Celebration at Randwick in Sydney on
19 January. Mary named ‘Blessed Mary
MacKillop’. -
Canonization of Mary
Pope Benedict XVI canonised Mary in Rome on 17 October 2010.