Mary MacKillop - Peterborough Traditional Cache
Mary MacKillop - Peterborough
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An easy cache in memory of a great Australian!
The location of the cache is on the site of the original Catholic School in Peterborough.
St Anacletus school first begun in 1844 in an old wooden and iron building situated between the Broken Hill and Terowie train lines opposite the Church.
The Sisters of St Joseph, with the guidance of Mary MacKillop, arrived and began classes in January 1897.
Wikipedia writes....
MacKillop founded a convent and base for the Sisters of St Joseph in Petersburg on 16 January 1897. "On January 16th, 1897, the founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, Mother Mary of the Cross, arrived in Petersburg to take over the school. She was accompanied by Sister Benizi (who was placed in charge of the school), Sister M. Joseph, Sister Clotilde and Sister Aloysius Joseph. They were met at the station by Rev. Father Norton who took them to the newly blessed convent, purchased for them on Railway Terrace." The property at 40 Railway Terrace is identified as the convent by a plaque placed by the Catholic diocese of Peterborough.
At that time the school name changed, but remained on the above site until 1926 when the John Norton Memorial School Building was opened. (one street away – Bourke Street).
The last Sister of St. Joseph to be Principal at the school was in 2010.
Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842. When she was in Penola she met Julian Tenison Woods and together they opened the first St Joseph's School in 1866.
Mary MacKillop founded the Sisters of St Joseph, who have established schools all over Australia and New Zealand as well as other institutions to help the poor.
Mary MacKilop's famous saying was "Never see a need without doing something about it"
Well..... there was a need, a geochache in her honour, and something has been done about it!
This is one of many caches placed in significant locations of her story.
Mary died on August 8th, 1909.
She was declared Australia’s first Saint in 2012.
YOU ARE WALKING ON THE SAME GROUND AS A SAINT MARY MACKILLOP!
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