The cache is located near St Joseph’s School Waroona.
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.
Waroona …. Sisters of St Joseph
St Joseph’s School, Waroona was founded in 1943 by three Ssters of St Joseph who by following on the tradition of Mary Mackillop, responded to the need of Catholic children in Waroona. In 1994 the School House Teams were named after the three founding Sisters.
Claude
Sister Claude O'Neil was noted as a great teacher. Her flag has a book and pen on a blue background, because Mary was the teacher of Jesus and Mary's colour is blue.
Elizabeth
Sister Elizabeth Murphy, who later worked in Peru, has been given the red flag with a sword printed on it. The sword means Sister Elizabeth was fighting for the social injustice and poverty in Peru. The red background represents the martyrdom of Sister Irene who was killed by terrorists while working in Peru in 1991.
Leah
Sister Leah was known to love music, especially Irish music, so her flag has an Irish harp on a green background.
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 2010.
THANK YOU to baffle for the hide and maintenance.