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.
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c.1851 Present Church land donated by Commodore Winder.
pre-1883 Catholic school, lay-staffed, in Church/School.
1883 Sisters of St Joseph arrived: classes in Convent-school, then (from early December back in church.
1884 Sisters moved into building on property purchased from Mrs R Doyle and adjoining Church of England, the property having been extended east by further purchase in 1886
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 local cacher Tack123 who has hidden the cache for the series.