Mary MacKillop report
Mary MacKillop was born January 15th 1842 in Melbourne, Australia. Her parents are Flora and Alexander, they are from scotland. They visited Australia and found it good, Mary’s family was poor. Mary was the oldest out of her 8 siblings. When Mary was 18, she moved to Penola in South Australia. In March 1866, she became the first Josephite Sister. She had a dream that she opened a school for all the poor kids. Then her dream came true. Mary MacKillop was misunderstood by some priests and bishops. A bishop named Bishop Sheil excommunicated Mary MacKillop and 47 other sisters. 5 months later Mary’s excommunication was lifted. Another time Bishop Reynolds told Mary Mackillop to pack her bags and move out of Adelaide. She was wrongly accused of doing things.Through out her life she was often ill. She suffered rheumatism and had a stroke in 1902, also becoming paralysed one her right side. After all the illnesses she's been through, she was still strong. Mary died peacefully in a convent in North Sydney, August 8th 1909. Everyone around the world is inspired by Mary MacKillop.
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