MacKillop House

Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne on 15th January 1842. With Julian Tenison Woods she founded a new type of religious order - the Sisters of St Joseph - to bring Catholic education to the children of poor working class families in Australia. Mary's Sisters also care for the poor, the orphans, and homeless men and women of the inner cities and the rural areas. Before her death in North Sydney on the 8th of August 1909 her Sisters spread across Australia and New Zealand. They are also in Peru, Ireland and many other Missionary countries. Mary was beatified on the 19th January 1995 by Pope John Paul II in Sydney. She is Australia's first Saint. Her feast is celebrated on August 8th.

Design: Paula Paterniti, David Williams & Melissa Williams, 1996