Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1842. When she was in Penola, South Australia 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.
Cooranbong
A plaque is at this site to commemorate Australia's First Saint, MARY MACKILLOP, attending mass on 19 May 1895 in the then timber building that served as a church on Sundays and as a Non-vested National School on weekdays.
Ten Sisters of St Joseph taught here from 1880 to 1896.
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 sjhrjh who has hidden the cache to be part of the Mary MacKillop series and will maintain it.