Mary MacKillop's Significant Contributions towards Establishing the Catholic Church in Colonial Australia
By hmeehan1
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Mary's Birth
Mary was born in Melbourne, Fitzroy -
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Mary Mackillop's Life
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Mary Meets Father Julian Tension Woods.
Mary MacKillop met Father Julian Tennison Woods and they decided to set up a catholic school in a convertible stable. -
Mary MacKillop set up her first school
Mary and Father Julian Tennison Woods set up a school in Penola. -
Mary MacKillop starts the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
Mary starts a new religious order called the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart. -
Mary MacKillop becomes a nun
Mary MacKillop becomes closer to the church and becomes a nun. -
Mary was excommunicated from the church
Mary got excommunicated from the church for as excommunicated by the church because she discovered children were being abused by a priest and went public. -
Mary's excommunication is revoked
Mary's ex-communication was finally revoked. -
Mary sets up 41 schools
By 1877, the Sisters have garnered enough support in the community to run 40 schools. -
Pope Leo XIII gives his final approval to the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart i
Pope Leo XII gives his final approval of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart for their hard work. -
Mary MacKillop was canonized a saint in October 2010
Mary MacKillop was canonized a saint because she performed two miracles.
