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https://www.catholicmission.org.au/about-us/who-is-catholic-mission/our-mission

http://www.marymackillop.org.au/

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A25-37

http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archaeology-today/archaeologists-biblical-scholars-works/understanding-the-good-samaritan-parable/

https://www.sosj.org.au/who-we-are/index.cfm?loadref=105

http://www.loyolapress.com/our-catholic-faith/scripture-and-tradition/jesus-and-the-new-testament/who-do-you-say-that-i-am-names-for-jesus/jesus-prophet-priest-and-king

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Mary Mackillop College is located at Nundah, Queensland. It was officially opened as a day school in 1964 by the Sisters of St. Joseph and was first known as Mt. St. Joseph’s Students Secondary School.

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Luke 10:25-37
The Parable of the Good Samaritan

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.  A priest happened to be going down the same road, and when he saw the man, he passed by on the other side.  So too, a Levite, when he came to the place and saw him, passed by on the other side. But a Samaritan, as he traveled, came where the man was; and when he saw him, he took pity on him.  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.The next day he took out two denarii 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.’

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

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

Jesus told him, “Go and do likewise.”

Biblical Criticism
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is found in the Gospel Luke 10:27-37. Parables are stories, spoken by Jesus teaching those around him.

World of The Text:
The Parable of the Good Samaritan is about a traveler who was going from Jerusalem to Jericho, was stripped of his clothing, beaten and left on the side of the road. First, a Priest and Levite comes by the man, but both avoid him. Then, a Samaritan who is walking by sees the man, although Samaritans and Jews commonly despised each other, the Samaritan still helped the injured man. The author may have written this story to prove that anyone can prove to be neighbours, and that compassion has no boundaries.

World Behind The Text:
This Parable was set on the road that the traveller was walking on from Jerusalem to Jericho. It would have been a more dry, dirt and rocky landscape. In Jewish culture, contact with a dead body was implied to be degrading. Priests were especially commanded to avoid uncleanness. Therefore, the Levite and Priest could have assumed that the injured traveller was dead and avoided him to keep themselves ritually clean.

World In Front of The Text:
The author wrote this story to show that anyone can prove to be neighbours. Compassion has no boundaries and that judging people on their religion or culture is being the opposite of what Jesus told us to do. In Mark 12:31 31-32, it says '...love your neighbour as yourself...'
Mary Mackillop represents the Good Samaritan in this Gospel story. She walked in the footsteps of Jesus Christ by making schools in order to educate children for free who were less fortunate and were unable to afford going to school. This parable may have inspired Mary Mackillop because just like the Samaritan helped the injured man despite his religion or ethnicity, Mary Mackillop wanted to help as many people as she could. She built schools to educate children, shelters, orphanages, provided shelters for the homeless, and unmarried mothers, no matter where they were from.

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"But after a few years I went to open a school in Penola, under Father Woods, who gradually unfolded to me his idea of endeavouring to do something in the same way for the neglected poor children of South Australia. The way in which he described their wants so completely agreed with all my previous desires, that when he asked me whether (provided he got the Bishop's consent to commence an Institute to meet these wants) I would remain and become one of his first children in the flock, I joyfully consented.

From that time I gave myself completely to the work, which almost every day seemed to confirm as the vocation I had so long sought, and under the direction of my good Confessor I found true peace."

Her writing reflects her focus on the children and their families, and the vision she had for them.

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Jesus can be identified by three roles, Priestly, Prophetic and  Kingly. Priestly is when prayer and worship are at the heart of their lives, and the Eucharist is a main source of their spirituality. Prophetic is when they identify a problem, and speak out against it. Kingly is when they use their power and influence to work on the problem. Jesus fulfilled the role of a prophet, as He was a spokesman for God, He spoke predictively and He preformed miracles and healings. Jesus meets all the requirements for a prophet by title, word, and deed. Jesus was a mediator between God and human beings which gives Him a Priestly title. “He is always able to save those who approach God through him, since he lives forever to make intercession for them” (Hebrews 7:25). Jesus in the Gospels, was spoken as a king. His mission was to have God in the hearts of all
It can be seen that Mary Mackillop also demonstrated the Priestly, Prophetic and Kingly roles throughout her life. Mary believed that education should be available to all. Just as Jesus was a spokesman for God, Mary portrayed prophetic work by spreading the word of Jesus by opening schools and educating them on the Catholic faith. She displayed Priestly work by bringing people together by creating schools and shelters for the less fortunate where she educated them on Jesus and the Catholic Faith, just like how Jesus was a bridge between God and humans.. She also portrayed Kingly work, as she was the leader of the Sisters of St Joseph where she used her influence to work on the problem. They vowed to live in poverty, own no property and were committed to equality in order to uphold God’s will and to help those in need.

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The Mary MacKillop East Timor Mission, a ministry of Mary MacKillop International Mission Inc, began with the response of the Sisters to a request from Bishop Carlos Belo in 1993, for help in Timor-Leste. He spoke of his desire for ‘the building up of a new society in peace, reconciliation and forgiveness.’

Their Mission is carried out by a variety of people who recognise the particular gift that Saint Mary MacKillop shared with the worldupholding people’s dignity and educating the poor, whilst relying on the Providence of God. They work together to build upon the foundations of the community, by fostering a range of opportunities for the benefit of the people of Timor-Leste.

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Mary's response to those who were in need grew more everyday. She had established 40 schools, 3 refuges and had 120 other young women join her on her mission within four years of the beginning of her work in Penola.

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Mary was Born 15 January 1842, in Victoria, Melbourne.

Her parents’ names are Alexander and Flora Mackillop. She was the eldest of 8 children. Range of being born from 1842 to 1857. The forth child died at 11 months old, and Mary was heartbroken with is passing. Mary was educated at private schools but chiefly by her father who had studied for the priesthood at Rome. When Mary was sixteen she found herself a job and worked as a clerk for Sands and Kenny stationers in Melbourne. During her two years there she was awarded much responsibility. Currently, her and her brother John were supporting her mum and 5 younger siblings. To help her family Mary became in turn a shop girl, a governess, and at Portland a teacher in the Catholic Denominational School and proprieties of a small boarding school for girls.

As she grew to womanhood Mary was probably influenced by an early friend of the family, Father Patrick Geoghegan, and began to yearn for a strictly penitential form of religious life. Concluding she would have to go to Europe to execute her plan, she placed herself under the direction of Father Julian Tension-Woods who, as parish priest of Penola in South Australia sometimes visiting Melbourne and Portland, wanted to found a religious society, 'The Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart'; they were to live in poverty and dedicate themselves to educating poor children. With Mary its first member and Superior the society was founded at Penola on 19 March 1866 with the approval of Bishop Laurence Sheil. By then she was spelling her surname MacKillop. The Sisterhood spread to Adelaide and other parts of South Australia and increased rapidly in membership but ran into difficulties. Tension-Woods had become director of Catholic schools and conflicted with some of the clergy over educational matters. One priest with influence over the bishop declared publicly he would ruin the director through the Sisterhood. The result was that Mary was excommunicated by Bishop Sheil on 22 September 1871 for alleged insubordination; most of the schools were closed and the Sisterhood almost disbanded. The excommunication was removed on 21 February 1872 by order of the bishop nine days before he died.

Later on Mary Mackillop died or age 67 on, 8 August 1909, in North Sydney, NSW.