Mary MacKillop - Barmera Traditional Cache
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An easy cache is honour of a great Australian!
At the cache location you can see St Joseph’s School, Barmera on the highway.
St Joseph’s School in Barmera was founded by the Sisters of St Joseph in 1953 and staffed by the Sisters for 35 years. During this time, the school community developed a deep appreciation for the life and work of St Mary MacKillop, founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph. The sisters' gifts in showing special concern and care for the poor and needy, the marginalised and the battlers in society is something taught to the students. In 1987, the first lay principal was appointed.
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 to continue this work. Over the many following years, the number of Sisters grew as did their schools. Schools were opened as the needs arose: in country towns, mining towns, cities. The Sisters also became involved in other areas of need including setting up a refuge for women in need and orphanages for children, visiting prisons and working with the sick.
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.
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(Decrypt)
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