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Groups today that continue the same mission as Mary Mackillop are Sisters of St Joseph (Josephites or Brown Joeys) and Mary Mackillop college. They live life like Mary by following her Priestly, Prophetic and Kingly roles. Sisters of St Joseph spread the life of Mary and what she did in life. They also, like Mary bring people together by compassion for anyone in need. Mary Mackillop college follow the footsteps of Mary by their prayers and teachings of the college.

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Priestly Role - Mary brought people together by her compassion for anyone in need, regardless of race, colour or faith. She went through suffering by her Job, faith and trust were being tested to the ultimate degree by God. She spent time in prayer by telling God what she was going to do.

Prophetic Role -  Mary spread the word about Jesus by opening schools for the poor. She had to accept that people will judge her for opening a school for the poor, bush kids and the homeless.

Kingly Role – She used her power by founding the Josephites which is an order of nuns. With the nuns she promoted equality and schooled the unprivileged.

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Rerum Novarum is an encyclical issued by Pope Leo XIII on 15 May 1891. It was an open letter, passed to all Catholic patriarchs, primates, archbishops and bishops, that addressed the condition of the working classes. Pope Leo XIII wrote, ‘The poor must be speedily and fittingly cared for since the great majority of them live undeservedly in miserable and wretched conditions’. So Mary then wrote, ‘If the choice is given, seek first the most neglected places … it is to those we should desire to go’. The Pope and Mary were both aware of the poor and their conditions, so, the Rerum Novarum inspired Mary to start teaching the unprivileged.

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Living God,

animating presence in our world,

with gratitude we remember the life of Mary Mackillop,

her influence in our world and her legacy in our Josephite spiritual homeland.

Inspire us, as her women, to be fully alive in your mission and faithfully kind among your people.

We ask this in the name of Jesus, a friend of the poor, and the Spirit, filling us with confidence.

Amen

This prayer was written to reflect on Mary’s life, her choices and the inspiration we receive from her. The prayer was written for Mary Mackillop’s feast day which is 8th August and for remembrance. Impact the prayer has is to feel confident and to be like Mary.

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Reverence for the dignity of all;
Humble and compassionate;
Service of those made poor;
Courage in the face of adversity.

Those words above are the behaviour that Mary Mackillop followed. As a result, she then made them the ‘being Josephite’ way. She also used scriptures from the bible to refer to including Love Your Enemies Matthew 5:43-48, in which she said ‘It is by love, God has always led me, by love God reproves me, by love that God lets me see love in all’ Mary Mackillop 1873.

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The good Samaritan

World of the text

-       Jewish people saw their religious faith as part of their daily life

-       In the parable, the activities were based around religion

The world behind the text

-       written because someone asked who is my neighbour

-       purpose of the parable is to treat everyone with respect and love

-       love thy neighbour as yourself

The world in front of the text

-       need to know who our neighbours are

-       love thy neighbour as yourself

This parable has inspired Mary Mackillop because the parable means to help your neighbour. Mary has done this by helping the unprivileged including bush kids, homeless and poor to be schooled for no cost by sending her teachers to rural areas to teach the kids. She also quoted from the Good Samaritan ‘courage, trust in God who helps you in all thing’ Mary Mackillop 1874.

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Mary Mackillop was born January 15th 1842 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia and died August 8th 1909 in North Sydney, NSW, Australia. She was a schoolteacher nun who then became a saint because she taught those who were being left behind including bush kids, girls, the homeless and the poor. In the 1800s education was a privilege for the privileged. Mackillop saw it as essential for all. She nearly covered all of Australia with schools. Wherever there were children needing teaching, she sent her teachers. Their living conditions were often rough, way out in the hot and arid inland of the country but, through belief and determination, they gave that precious foundation of learning without discrimination. Many of Mary Mackillop’s schools continue today, as do her Josephite order of nuns.