Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842 and 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 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.
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MacKillop House is a small independent Christian community, whose aim is to provide a '' home away from home'' environment for women that is safe and conducive to studying whilst settling into university life and a new city.
Mackillop House, formerly known as St Joseph's House of Studies, was built in 1969 as a residence for Josephite Sisters completing tertiary qualifications at various universities and colleges in Canberra. In 1990, the Goulburn Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph, considering the needs of country families, took the decision to use the facility to provide accommodation for young rural women in their first year of tertiary study. It was, and remains, the intention of the Sisters to provide a homely environment in which the students continue to mature as young women and be successful in their course of study. The house was renamed MacKillop House in 2007 to mark the beginning of a new phase in its history.
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 8 August 1909.
She was declared Australia’s first Saint in 2010.
2016-2021: The CO was Travelling Sister - KittyKatch hid this cache for the Mary MacKillop series and carried out maintenance
Aug 2021Update: Kittykatch took over ownership of the cache