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Focus Questions

The following questions may provide a focus for your research.

Reading and written responses on the life of Mary MacKillop: Education, Foundress, Advocate of the Poor, Saint.

How was the life of Mary MacKillop inspired and directed by her beliefs?

What were the critical and motivational forces that shaped the actions of Mary MacKillop?

What was the social and cultural context in which Mary MacKillop exerted her influence?

What influenced Mary MacKillop's actions and the response of the social and/or religious institution?

 

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