Mary MacKillop’s Story (Junior Secondary)
Throughout her life Mary MacKillop had to struggle against poverty, prejudice, and the hostility of powerful and petty people. She was truly an Aussie Battler.
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Foundations and Establishment
Background to the Foundation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph & the Establishment of the Woods/MacKillop System of Catholic Education - Sr Marie Therese Foale rsj
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Josephite Emblem (Junior Secondary)
The distinctive badge worn by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephite Emblem) has its origin in tradition, and is symbolic of the devotions that were special to Mary MacKillop and Julian Tenison Woods.
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The Australian People’s Saint
Any answer to this question has to take into account three aspects of Mary’s personhood so integrated that we can only speak of them in the same breath – Mary MacKillop was an Australian Catholic woman.
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Childrens Prayers
15 new Prayers for Children written by Sisters of Saint Joseph. The graphics accompanying these prayers are taken, with permission from Andrew Chinn and Jill McLoughlin's book - St Mary MacKillop - Beneath a Cross of Stars. The drawings are by children from MacKillop schools across Australia and New Zealand.
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One of us is a Saint
By the time of her death on August 8th, 1909, Mary MacKillop was venerated by the general public as a woman of great vision, of heroic character and outstanding holiness. Written by Mary Cresp rsj— Extracts from ‘A Saint for Australia’ in ‘Mary MacKillop Inspiration for Today’— edited Pauline Wicks rsj—pp 26-36
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Eucharist at the Heart of Mary’s Life
Mary MacKillop lived in the second half of the nineteenth century, when devotion to the Blessed Sacrament was the hallmark of the faithful Catholic. Written by Carmel Pilcher rsj Extracts from ‘Eucharist at the Heart of Mary’s Life’ in ‘Mary MacKillop Inspiration for Today’— edited Pauline Wicks rsj—pp135-148 (2005 edition) or pp 147-160 (2007 edition)
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