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Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

The Sisters of St Joseph institute was founded by Father Julian Tenison Woods with help from Mary Mackillop.  Mary and Julian knew the needs of the isolated children in outback Australia who were not receiving any education. Father Julian Tenison Woods inspired the Sisters of St Joseph and guided the newly emerging Institute. Fortunately, together they were able to build many schools for all children to learn in a safe environment. Mary devoted her life to teaching to this community. The population of these schools increased rapidly. However, now it is a group of people who want to help children by providing them with an education and shelter.

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At last Mary finally did something about children not having an education. She opened a free school for children in the area. Soon after, Mary built another school for all children along with an orphanage and a refuge for woman released from jail. By opening these schools, Mary dedicated her life towards teaching children and giving to the less-fortunate. The schools Mary built and taught in provided the poor children with an education and the population of these schools increased rapidly. At this time, Mary and Fr Julian founded the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart then established St. Josephs School in Penola.

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Mary acknowledged there was an injustice of poor education for children, so she demonstrated the prophetic work of Jesus and spoke out about it. At this point in time, Fr Julian Tenison Woods was the leader of Catholic education; Mary joined him on his mission and became and joined a sisterhood. Their work was devoted to educating and caring for poor children. Mary spoke out to Fr Julian and the Bishop and was encouraged to open schools.

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Mary Mackillop had been grown up in the Priestly work of Jesus because of her family’s religious background. She was basically born into it. When Alexander, Marys father, was in school he had studied priesthood in Rome so when he educated Mary she would’ve been taught many religious materials. She grew up with many religious role models in her life as well that influenced her to grow up the way she did and do the things she did such as become a clerk, educate children, become a nun, etc. Mary recognised that there were children that weren’t being educated and decided that she needed to help them.

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The The Condition of Labor (Rerum Novarum) was introduced by Pope Leo XIII in 1891. The Rerum Novarum was the Catholic Church’s response to social conflict of capitalism and industrialisation.  Five major points were confronted in the text, these were the balance between labour and capital, common good, private property, the worker’s right to adjust wage and the role of state. The Pope readdressed the urge of church to reflect on the risen conflict and issues. Mary Mackillop and Pope Leo XIII have similar beliefs. Due to Mary's devotion to the church, just like the Popes they made sure that everyone is and was given equal rights.

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“I really felt like one in a dream. I seemed not to realise the presence of the bishop and priests; I know I did not see them; but I felt, oh, such a love for their office, a love, a sort of reverence for the very sentence which I then knew was being in full force passed upon me. I do not know how to describe the feeling, but I was intensely happy and felt nearer to God than I had ever felt before. The sensation of the calm beautiful presence of God I shall never forget.”
Mary wrote this as she was excommunicated for not obeying the priest’s orders. She was accused for infecting the convent with spiritual pride and worldly wickedness however she still showed forgiveness.
‘‘My life as a child was one of sorrows, my home, when I had it, a most unhappy one.’’
As she lived in poverty with hunger, the feeling of being hopeless and occasionally homeless Mary wrote this about this; her father became bankrupt and got sacked

These writings marked important events in her life. She expressed how she felt in her notes towards the church and about her childhood. In the first writing, Mary wrote how she felt when she was excommunicated for refusal to obey orders; she expressed how she felt about being so close to God and felt as if in a dream and ignoring all of the priests. In the other writing, due to Mary having a tough upbringing, she wrote about how she had such a sorrowful childhood.

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Prayers from Mary Mackillop haven't been found. However there have been numerous prayers written to and about her. Some of these prayers include:

- Advocate for the poor:
Mary's love for Christ was so strong that she sought him out in the poor, sick
and suffering. There are many examples in Mary's life where she put aside her own needs
in order to serve the sick, lonely and disadvantaged. The children taught by the Sisters often
had no shoes to wear. On the night before their First Communion, Mary would have a reenactment
of the Washing of the Feet. This meant all the children would have clean feet for
this special occasion in their life.

- Teacher and Educator:
In the spirit of Jesus the teacher, Mary combined a love of children with a
desire that education should be available to all. Mary sent her Sisters to remote areas to
ensure that economic hardship and distance was no barrier to providing a basic education
to those in isolated communities. It also concerned her that people in these far flung
communities had very little understanding of their faith. It was remembered by the Sisters
that Religious Education classes were to be held at 12 noon. This meant that children in
country places who often had to walk to school or do farm duties before they came, did not
miss out on what Mary considered the most important lesson of the day.

These prayers all spoke about how Mary had been a faithful woman and was dedicated to God and to Christ. Mary always prayed to God asking for help for her family and friends, although she didn't write any she prayed and attended to church regularly.

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Fr Andrew Hamilton SJ. (2010). The Mary MacKillop story - Australian Catholics. Retrieved from https://www.australiancatholics.com.au/article.asp x?aeid=37041

Beginnings - Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart. (n.d.).Retrieved from https://www.sosj.org.au/our-foundress-mary-mackill op/marys-story/mary-story-beginnings/?loadref=249& id=736

Rerum Novarum (May 15, 1891) | LEO XIII. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://w2.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclica ls/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum. html

BibleGateway.com: A searchable online Bible in over 150 versions and 50 languages. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://www.biblegateway.com/

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25 On one occasion an expert in the law stood up to test Jesus. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”

26 “What is written in the Law?” he replied. “How do you read it?”

27 He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’[a]; and, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’[b]”

28 “You have answered correctly,” Jesus replied. “Do this and you will live.”

29 But he wanted to justify himself, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”

30 In reply Jesus said: “A man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, when he was attacked by robbers. They stripped him of his clothes, beat him and went away, leaving him half dead. 31 A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side. 32 So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side.33 But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him. 34 He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put the man on his own donkey, brought him to an inn and took care of him. 35 The next day he took out two denarii[c] and gave them to the innkeeper. ‘Look after him,’ he said, ‘and when I return, I will reimburse you for any extra expense you may have.’

36 “Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”

37 The expert in the law replied, “The one who had mercy on him.”

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”
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This parable relates to Mary because she never judged someone from the outside. Mary dedicated her life to helping others, making a difference and not judging others. Like the samaritan in the parable, Mary helped others.

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13 When Jesus heard what had happened, he withdrew by boat privately to a solitary place. Hearing of this, the crowds followed him on foot from the towns.14 When Jesus landed and saw a large crowd, he had compassion on them and healed their sick.

15 As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

16 Jesus replied, “They do not need to go away. You give them something to eat.”

17 “We have here only five loaves of bread and two fish,” they answered.

18 “Bring them here to me,” he said. 19 And he directed the people to sit down on the grass. Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to the disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. 20 They all ate and were satisfied, and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces that were left over. 21 The number of those who ate was about five thousand men, besides women and children.
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This story relates to Mary Mackillop as she preformed her own miracle  like this one. This story is about using working with what little they had and ended up having plenty. Mary went through life circumstances where sh had to work with what little she had to make something big. This was building of her school. She built schools from barns and then eventually building and constructing schools.

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On the 17th of January in 1842, was the birth of Mary Mackillop. She was born and grew up in Melbourne; her parents, Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald, lived in Roy-bridge prior to emigrating to Australia. Flora and Alexander had a total of eight children who were Margret, John, Annie, Alexandra, Donald, Alick, Peter and Mary - out of all of her siblings Mary was the eldest.  Mary was introduced into Catholicity in her early childhood, she received her first holy communion at the young age of nine on the 15th of August in 1850. In addition to this, she became a clerk at the age of fourteen. Her schooling started in a religious private school and was educated by her father. Mary passed way on the 8th of August in 1909 at the age of 67.

Mary's mission started at a young age, being brought up by a religious family Mary was born into it. After celebrating her first holy communion and becoming a clerk, Mary met Father Julian Tension Woods, who became her spiritual guide, while becoming a governess to the children of her uncle. In 1863, Mary applied for her first formal teaching position at Portland’s catholic demoniacal school. Soon after, Mary realised the issue that there was an injustice against children and how they had a poor education and acknowledged she had to do something.