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.
Geebung
The history of St. Kevin's Primary School goes back to 1 August 1959, when Father Timothy Norris was appointed Parish Priest of St. Kevin's Parish, Geebung. The property was an overgrown pineapple farm with a run-down cottage which the Archdiocese had purchased. Through the hard work of many of the local Catholics and under the leadership of Father Norris, in June 1962 the church was opened. The school itself opened in January 1964. Two sisters of St. Joseph from the nearby convent taught grades 1 - 4. The enrolment for the four grades was 89. The school was originally conducted in the present church building. In 1965 the first lay teacher was included in the staff
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 QueSara who placed the cache to be part of the Mary MacKillop series and will do maintenance.