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Biography

Mary Mackillop
Mary Helen MacKillop (1842-1909), known in life as Mother Mary of the Cross, was born on 15 January 1842 in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the eldest of eight children of Alexander McKillop and his wife Flora, née McDonald. Her parents had migrated from the Lochaber area in Inverness-shire and married soon after they reached Melbourne. After a prosperous start the family became impoverished. Mary was educated at private schools but chiefly by her father who had studied for the priesthood at Rome. To help her family Mary became in turn a shopgirl, a governess, and at Portland a teacher in the Catholic Denominational School and proprietress of a small boarding school for girls...continue reading...

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Blessed Mary Mackillop – true Australian hero
Blessed Mary MacKillop is one of Australia’s most remarkable and inspiring women. The power of her inspiration is clearly visible today as demonstrated by the sheer number of people who still flock to visit her tomb at Mary MacKillop Place in North Sydney.
Saint Mary MacKillop
If Saint Mary MacKillop were alive today, she would be a household name. It’s not that she sought the limelight. On the contrary, she simply wanted to serve the poor wherever she found them in her native Australia. But along the way, she managed to arouse the ire of some rather powerful churchmen. One even excommunicated her for a time.
Mary Mackillop: Biography
Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842. Her parents, Flora and Alexander MacKillop, were Catholic immigrants from Scotland. Mary, the eldest of eight children, was raised in the working-class Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy. At 16, Mary went out to work, to support her younger brothers and sisters. Two years later she took a job as a governess on her uncle's farm in the small country town of Penola in South Australia. Here Mary met the man who would change her life forever, Father Julian Tenison Woods.

Mary Mackillop Place

Mary Mackillop Place
A place of spirituality, education and hospitality, Mary MacKillop Place is unique in Australia. The heart of this sacred site is the Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel where the tomb of Saint Mary MacKillop is located.

Mary Mackillop's SA Story

Saint Mary MacKillop celebrated in Rome

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ABC News. (2010, October 14). Mary Mackillop: Biography. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2010-10-14/mary-mackillop-biography/2297906
ABC News (Australia). (n.d.). Mary Mackillop's SA story [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/iSKmITeucV8
ABC News (Australia). (n.d.). Saint Mary MacKillop celebrated in Rome [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/GCfHAvjxxxQ
Franciscan Media. (2020, July 19). Saint Mark Mackillop. https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-of-the-day/saint-mary-mackillop
Mary Mackillop Place. (2022). Mary Mackillop Place. https://www.marymackillopplace.org.au/about-us/introduction/
National Catholic Education Commission. (2021, September 13). Memories from the past: Saint Mary MacKillop’s contribution to Australian Catholic education. https://200years.catholic.edu.au/2021/09/13/memories-from-the-past-saint-mary-mackillops-contribution-to-australian-catholic-education/
Thorpe, O. (2006). MacKillop, Mary Helen (1842–1909). Australian Dictionary of Biography. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/mackillop-mary-helen-4112