Cache has been moved about 2m north in inside corner under some small rocks.
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.
New Norcia
Mary McKillop never came to New Norcia but was asked by the monks to send sisters to start the school. The Sisters of St Joseph ran St Gertrudes College, on the invitation of the monks, from 1908 – 1977. You can walk up to the entrance of the college and read the plaque dedicated to Mary MacKillop and her sisters.
Sr Irene McCormack, was one of the last sisters to be at New Norcia. In 1997 she went to Peru to serve in the Sisters Missionary work. In 1991 she was executed by the Shinning Path – a rebel guerrilla organisation. This cache is hidden in her memory also.
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.
THANKYOU TO S+J who will maintain the cache.