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SAINT MARY OF THE CROSSMACKILLOPExpanding HorizonsContinued...In the late 1950s and 60s Sisters respondedto the need to go beyond the primary schoolclassrooms to work on the Motor Missionsand establish secondary schools.Since the early days of teacher training thesisters have always taught in tertiaryinstitutions.Health Care became a significant ministrywith the Congregations caring for its ownsisters in infirmaries. Many sisters becamenurses with some ministering in Josephiteinfirmaries and in St Margaret’s Hospital inSydney. Other sisters worked as mothercraftnurses in foundling homes.Responding to urgent needsFrom the very early days the care of the aged, women and orphans was always part and parcel of theoutreach of the sisters. Homes for children and for young pregnant women were established torespond to their urgent needs. Many sisters trained in social and community development work andmade a significant contribution to the whole social welfare sector. Today this work continues inprograms like the No Interest Loans Schemes, drug and alcohol programs, cancer support and workssuch as the House of Hospitality in Newcastle, MacKillop Family Services, MacKwood Life Brisbane,and St Anthony’s Family Care Sydney.Many sisters over time have expertly served their fellow sisters and others in the hospitality ministry.Used with the permission of the Trustees of the Sisters of St Joseph. Not to be reproduced without the permission of the Trustees.SAINT MARY OF THE CROSSMACKILLOPHer Story - Her legacy - Her Canonisation!