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SAINT MARY OF THE CROSSMACKILLOPFollowing Mary’s Death...Even in Mary’s time the response to the needs of the day just grew and grew. Within four years ofbeginning the work in Penola, Mary had established 40 schools and had 120 other young women join herin the mission.She had in this time also established three refuges – one for women coming out of prisons, one for theaged and one for orphans.Twenty years after Mary began there were 169 Josephite communities spread across the colonies ofSouth Australia, Queensland and New South Wales. By then, Mary had also responded to the call togo to the south island of New Zealand.By the time of Mary’s death the Diocesan Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph founded in Perthvilleunder the direction of Bishop Matthew Quinn had sent communities of Sisters to Whanganui, NewZealand in 1880, to Goulburn in 1882, to Lochinvar in 1883 and to Tasmania in 1887 with a total of over400 sisters. By this time too there were 750 Central Josephite sisters. Sisters were sent out on missionacross Australia and New Zealand. The numbers of sisters increased and foundations were made inVictoria and Western Australia.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!
Mary MacKillop: A Woman for GodGod was central in Mary’s life.To understand this is to understand the choices she made throughout her life.Mary loved God and believed in God’s love for her.This gave her the energy to pour out her life in ceaseless work and long journeys torespond to the needs of people; in Mary’s view they were all ‘God’s People’.This love gave her the tenderness to be side‐by‐side with those who suffered: particularlythe children.It gave her the tranquillity to face with serenity constant attack and vilification. Far fromretaliating she had compassion for her attackers.In her crowded life she was never far from prayer. As a young woman she wrote,‘God’s presence seems to follow me everywhere, and makes everything I do or wish to doa prayer.’Her courage in speaking the truth often caused trouble for her.She was not deterred.Suffering brought her back to God always present in her life.She was both passionate and practical: a mystic who recognized God in all the events andpeople of her daily life.Mary was indeed a saint—in a particularly Australian way.Joan Healy rsjSAINT MARY OF THE CROSSMACKILLOPThe Australian poet James McAuley wrote:‘Cast flame upon the earth: raise up contemplativesAmong us … who will walk within the fireof ceaseless prayer, impetuous desire.Set pools of silence in this thirsty land…’SAINT MARY OF THE CROSSMACKILLOPHer Story - Her legacy - Her Canonisation!
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