Taking the religious name St. Mary of the Cross, Sr. MacKillop founded what would go on to be the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Her sisters went on to establish ...

Born in 1842, Mary MacKillop donned the habit in 1866 ... Sister Mary readily agreed and founded the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart. Immediately, Sister Mary broke with convention ...

The ageing Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart convent - which the Teagues now have up for sale - was visited by, and possibly home to, Australia's first saint, Mother Mary MacKillop.

On this day we celebrate the feast of St. Mary MacKillop, Australia's first canonized saint. Sr. Mary MacKillop, with Fr. Julian Tenison Woods, founded the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

Melbourne (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in Victoria Province have opened a museum in honour of their foundress Blessed Mother Mary MacKillop in Fitzroy, near Melbourne ...

Blessed Mary MacKillop, who was beatified by Pope John Paul II in January 1995. She was born in 1842 in Victoria, founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart in 1866 whose mission centred ...

dismissed from their livelihoods or punished in other ways can also claim St. Mary MacKillop as their patron saint. She’ll hear prayers from theologians who differ with the Vatican, sisters and ...

He wrote in 1881 to Mary MacKillop, "I write pretty long in advance so as to give you time to get the Sisters ready for St Joseph of Temuka. When our new church is opened, the present one will be ...