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MARY MACKILLOP
Early life
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Mary, the eldest of eight children, was raised in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.
At 16, Mary went out to work, to support her younger brothers and sisters
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What did she do?
she took a job a in the small country town of Penola in South Australia. Here Mary met the man who would change her life forever, Father Julian Tenison Woods.
Father Woods an eccentric priest, shared Mary's dream of educating the poor. He became her mentor and spiritual guide.
Together, Mary and Father Woods opened the first free Catholic school in Penola in 1866
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Her importance to us
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she established schools and places of refuge for the working class and poor across Australia and New Zealand
Mary MacKillop is one of the most significant historical and religious figures in Australian history.
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Mission
The goal of the order was to provide education for poor children. Despite conflict with the church hierarchy in its early years, by 1900 the sisters had spread throughout the eastern colonies conducting schools and charitable institutions for women and children.
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