Significant Contributions towards Establishing the Catholic Church in Colonial Australia'

By ekhan1

  • Mary birth

    Mary birth
    Mary was born on 15th of January 1852
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    Mary's time line

  • met Julien tension woods

    met Julien tension woods
    1861 she met father Julien tension woods

  • Excommunicated from the church

    Excommunicated from the church
    1861: Mary got Excommunicated from the church

  • teaching children

    teaching children
    1863: she had a job at teaching children in Portland, Victoria

  • Mary started to wear a simple black dress

    Mary started to wear a simple black dress
    1866: 19th March Mary started to wear simple black dress and began congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph

  • built school in Adelaide

    built school in Adelaide
    October 1867: she build a school in Adelaide

  • first nun

    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.

  • 70 members of the Sisters of St Joseph were educating

    70 members of the Sisters of St Joseph were educating
    1869: more than 70 members of the Sisters of St Joseph were educating

  • New Zealand school

    New Zealand school
    1883: Mary opened up at school in new Zealand

  • built first school

    built first school
    1886: they made a school for the poor in a stable

  • MacKillop was beatified

    MacKillop was beatified
    In June 1995: MacKillop was beatified by Pope John Paul II.

  • canonized

    canonized
    June 1995: Mary was canonized

  • became a saint

    became a saint
    1998: Mary became a saint on 19th of January