The cache is located near St Mary of the Cross MacKillop Warnervale Church and School.
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 and Julian Tenison Woods 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.
Warnervale…
The parish community of Warnervale which began in 2003, honours Mary MacKillop as the name of both the parish and college.
The College’s motto of ‘Christ Our Light’ encourages all to live out the Gospel message of ‘Love of Neighbour’ in combination with the popular saying of Mary MacKillop to ‘Never see a need without doing something about it’ enabling us all to radiate ‘Christ’s light to the world’.
Mary MacKillop…
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.