Mary MacKillop
Submitted by Alison McCall on 1 November 2015 - 5:53pm
Revised: 1 November 2015 - 6:04pm — Alison McCall
Title:
Saint
Other names:
St Mary of the Cross MacKillop
Dates:
15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909
Born in Australia, of Scottish parents, Mary MacKillop was the eldest of a large family.
She co-founded the religious order of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. The order set up schools for the rural poor of Australia.
She was canonised in 2010.
