Mary Mackillop

Mary Mackillop story.

Mary Helen Mackillop was born January 15, 1842, in Fitzroy Melbourne in Australia and she is also a nun. Mary Mackillop is the patron saint of Australia and New Zealand. Mary Mackillop’s parents are Alexander Mackillop and Flora MacDonald and She also has 7 siblings and they are Margaret Mackillop, Alexandrina Mackillop, Alick Mackillop, John Mackillop, Donald Mackillop and Peter Mackillop also Mary is the eldest child. Mary cared for the poor people on the streets with no food no shelter and no food. In 1861 Mary Mackillop and her sister went to Penola,south Australia, there she met a catholic priest called Father Julian Woods. Mary opened the first saint.Joseph school for the people on the streets. Mary was sent out of the church because the bishop did not like what she was doing. Mary died in 1909.

By:Ronan