Saint mary mackillop biography

Australian religious sister and saint (1842–1909)

Saint Mary MacKillop RSJ
Mother Mary of the Cross (1869)
Born	(1842-01-15)15 January 1842
Died	8 August 1909(1909-08-08) (aged 67) North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Venerated in	Catholic Church
Beatified	19 January 1995, Sydney, New South Wales by Pope John Paul II
Canonized	17 October 2010, Vatican City by Pope Benedict XVI
Major shrine	Mary MacKillop Place, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Feast	8 August
Patronage

Mary Helen MacKillopRSJ (in religionMary of the Cross; 15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian religious sister of Scottish descent.

She was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with Fr Julian Tenison-Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites), a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare ins