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.
Coolah
Sacred Heart School was founded by the Sisters of St Joseph of Perthville. It commenced with 102 pupils on January 24th 1921 using the old church, convent verandah and Calvary Grotto as classrooms.
The Sisters administered the school until 1981 when the first lay principal was appointed.
Mary MacKillop ….
Mary MacKillop's famous saying was "Never see a need without doing something about it"
Well..... there was a need, a geocache 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 smee 1961 who hid the cache for the series and will attend to maintenance.