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Mother Theresa
Mary Mackillop influenced Mother Theresa because she cared about everyone even if they were poor and taught them when they couldn’t afford schools.

Father Julian Tenison Woods

Mary educated both by her father and in private schools, she worked successively as a shop-girl, governess, teacher and boarding-house proprietor before, under the influence of Father Julian Tenison Woods, founding the Sisters of St Joseph in Penola, South Australia, in 1866.

Mary Mackillop College

Mary Mackillop influenced Mary Mackillop college because her values are the same as hers.

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1. Contribute to the best of your ability and capability (give what you can).

2. The poor should be given extra consideration and support.

3. You should care about the people you employ (don’t be so greedy as to disregard them as human beings).

These three messages are relevant to the words of Mary Mackillop because they all talk about caring about people and giving your all and to not be greedy which is what Mary Mackillop does.

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Priestly works of Jesus is when a Christian keeps prayer and worship at the heart of their lives. Mary Mackillop was surround by prayer and religion from a very young age, her mother and father where a strong role model of prayerful, daily life. As a strict child, Mary kept a strong faith and love for God and desired to do what she could for people in need. Having a strong desire for religious life as well as doing what she could for the poor of Penola, resulted in the formation of the Sisters of St Joseph

When a Christian participates in the Kingly work of Jesus is when you speak out against injustice, to act with dignity and mutual respect to all. Mary Mackillop demonstrated the Prophetic act though her work in the education of disadvantaged children. Opening schools to everyone, those with or without money, Mary treated all the children with equal respect and resources. When the Governors son was enrolled, it was wanted the boy got special consideration due to the money and power of the family, no special treatment was given because Mary believes everyone was the same.

The Kingly work of Jesus is a Christian uses whatever power and influence they have for an opportunity to do what's right. Mary Mackillop was shown to demonstrate the Kingly work of Jesus, when father woods was notified by the sisters that a priest was abusing children in this area. The result of this caused the priest to be dismissed from South Australia therefore leading into complications for the sisters because many priests wanted to "destroy" the sisters, father woods being sent away and finally Mary being excommunicated from the church.

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This writing was written because her mum and dad weren’t replying to her when she needed them the most.

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24 November 1867 - Adelaide
J.M.J.

"My dearest Mamma,

You are punishing me for my long delay in answering your last letter, but if you are well and your mind happy, I have cause to be thankful indeed. I never have cause to be anything else.

My Father Director has given me permission to write once a month to you – ‘tis now five weeks since I last wrote, and if my poor letters can give you any comfort, you shall, please God, have them regularly in future. My love and feeling for you have not cooled. I remember all the past but cannot grieve, nor can I when I think of your present lonely position, for at the same time I think of our dear, good and merciful God who has so honoured you and me, and it seems to me but a very poor offering I have to make Him when I lay your loneliness and sorrow before Him and beg of Him to accept my poor heart in spite of its unworthiness, and to be Himself your sweet and only Comforter.

Oh Mamma, if you but knew what the Sisters of St Joseph ought to be, and can be, too, if they but correspond with the graces they receive, you would rejoice more and more every day that you have one child amongst them and you would try to send another too. Now I suppose you will shake your head at this, but never mind, I am sure you won’t resist God’s Holy Will, and when the proper time comes, I hope dear Lexie will come too, but it will be sooner than you think, at least I hope so.

Did Peter like his letter? The poor child must have thought I had forgotten him. I cannot write more, for ‘tis time to go to bed – and I have not permission to sit up. You know I have to obey our holy Rule to the letter. Pray, my own dear Mamma, that I may have the grace to do so.

Monday morning – Father Woods is going to the North today and will see Donald. The poor boy will also think I am neglecting him – but when I know he is well, I do other things instead of writing to him. Give John my love when you write, and please tell him that, though I am a poor Nun at last, he may write to me.

Fond love to yourself and pray, dear Mamma for
Your affectionate child in J.M.J.
Mary of the Cross – Sister of St Joseph

Please write to me, and give Papa my love – ask him to write too."

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Miracle story:

Jesus Forgives and Heals a Paralysed Man (Mark 2:1-12)
this story relates to Mary Mackillop because it was written that having faith in Jesus, God and the Forgiveness of sins. It inspires her because it tells you that you can always help others and do what every it takes to do so (4 men carrying paralysed man to Jesus).

Parable:

The Prodigal Son Luke 15:11-24
This parable shows that you will always be forgiven for your sins and can always be put back to the right path. It could have also inspired her because your faith in God and acceptance of your sins would have inspired Mary.

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Post 1: Mary Mackillop - A Brief Overview

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Post 1: Mary Mackillop - A Brief Overview

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Mary Mackillop was born 15th of January 1842. She grew up in Fitzroy, Melbourne with her parents Flora and Alexander MacKillop. She is one of eight siblings (Alick Mackillop, Annie Mackillop, Alexandrina Mackillop, Donald Mackillop, Peter Mackillop, Margret Mackillop, and John Mackillop). Mary Mackillop was born into poverty but was educated at private schools but chiefly by her father.

MacKillop was born to poor Scottish immigrants in Australia. Her father, a former seminarian who had to stop his studies for the priesthood due to illness, emphasised the value of education and home schooled his eight children. In 1842, Mary MacKillop was born in Melbourne. Flora and Alexander MacKillop, her parents, were Catholic immigrants from Scotland. Mary grew up in Fitzroy, a working-class Melbourne district, as the eldest of eight children. Mary began to work at the age of 16 to help support her younger brothers and sisters.

In 1866 MacKillop and Woods founded Australia's first order of nuns, the Sisters of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart, and also established St. Joseph's School in a converted stable in Penola, providing a free education to children from the area.

A big challenge that Mary Mackillop faced was the lack of funding. Mary and her sisters had absolutely no income to start up schools, so they took matters into their own hands and went out onto the streets to beg for money. Mary believed that God would provide, and so he did.

The goal of the order was to provide education for poor children. Despite conflict with the church hierarchy in its early years, by 1900 the sisters had spread throughout the eastern colonies conducting schools and charitable institutions for women and children.