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Mary MacKillop

Blessed Mary MacKillop, Australia's first saint, co-founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in 1866.

She died in 8th August 1909 and was beatified on 19th January 1995.

Her Personality

• Beginnings
• Her Father
• The Family
• The Roaring Fifties
• "Republic of Victoria"
• Clerk and Teacher
• Father Julian Tenison Woods
• A Beginning at Penola
• Adelaide - and Gethsemane
• Unified Direction
• The Roman Saga
• Ears That Would Listen...
• Mother Mary's Monument
• Aims and Objectives
• Mother Mary and Caroline Chisholm
• "Second Moses"
• A Greatly Honoured Guest
• Mother Mary's Death
• "The Peace Was Always There"
• "Light in the Darkness"
• A Touch of the Glory
• A Deep Interior Fortress
• The Day Star Rises
• "Land of the Long White Cloud"
• Pride and Confidence

Her Spirit

• The Spirit of Mother Mary of The Cross
• Firm in Her Resolve
• God's Will
• Trust in God
• Her Great Faith
• Her Virtue of Hope
• Her Charity
• Her Spirit of Prayer
• Devotion to St Joseph
• A Friend's Impression
• United with God
• Her Spiritual Life, Revealed in Retreats
• Resignation to God's Will
• Help With God's Grace
• Her Obedience to the Pope
• Rome's Decision
• Further Difficulties
• Loyalty to The Pope
• Australia's First Saint: Beatification Mass

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