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May 3, 2024 · St. Mary MacKillop (born January 15, 1842, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia—died August 8, 1909, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia; canonized October 17, 2010; feast day August 8) was a religious figure, educator, and social reformer who was the first Australian beatified by the Roman Catholic Church and the first Australian to be recognized as one of its saints.
Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ, religious name Mary of the Cross, (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister of Scottish descent who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia.
Facts. St. Mary MacKillop, also known as St. Mary of the Cross, was an Australian nun declared a saint by the Catholic Church. She was born in Melbourne, on January 15, 1842, as the eldest of their eight children. MacKillop was educated in private schools and at home by her father. She received her First Holy Communion at the age of nine.
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Jul 19, 2022 · Saint of the Day for July 19. (January 15, 1842 – August 8, 1909) Saint Mary MacKillop’s Story. If Saint Mary MacKillop were alive today, she would be a household name. It’s not that she sought the limelight. On the contrary, she simply wanted to serve the poor wherever she found them in her native Australia.
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Oct 14, 2010 · Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne in 1842. Her parents, Flora and Alexander MacKillop, were Catholic immigrants from Scotland. Mary, the eldest of eight children, was raised in the working ...
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Mary MacKillop was bom in Melbourne, Australia, in January 1842, the first of eight children of Scottish Catholics who had migrated to Australia within fifty years of the first European settlement there. The strong faith of these Scots was handed on to their children, and at an early age their daughter, Mary, decided to devote her life to God ...
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