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The Mary MacKillop Park commemorates Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop who lived in the community between 1872 and 1883.
While acting as a governess to her uncle's children at Penola, Mary Mackillop met Father Julian Tenison Woods who, with a parish of 56,000 square kilometres, needed help in the religious education of children in the outback. At the time Mary's family depended on her income so she was not free to follow her dream. However, in 1866, greatly inspired and encouraged by Father Woods, Mary opened the first Saint Joseph's School in a disused stable in Penola.
Young women came to join Mary, and so the Congregation of the Sisters of St Joseph was begun. In 1867, Mary was asked by Bishop Shiel to come to Adelaide to start a school. From there, the Sisters spread, in groups to small outback settlements and large cities around Australia, New Zealand, and now in Peru, Brazil and refugee camps of Uganda and Thailand. Mary and these early Sisters, together with other Religious Orders and Lay Teachers of the time, had a profound influence on the forming of Catholic Education as we have come to know and experience it today.
Mary MacKillop was Canonised on October 17, 2010 at St Peter's Basilica, Rome. Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed Mary's sainthood during the Canonisation Mass.
Location
Address: | 19 Phillips Street, Mary MacKillop College, Kensington, 5068 |
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State: | SA |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.922915 Long: 138.642181 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Park |
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Monument Theme: | People |
Sub-Theme: | Religion |
Dedication
Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Monday 8th August, 1994 |
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Plaque :
MARY MacKILLOP PARK
This Park Is Dedicated To Mary MacKillop
Who Lived In This Community
Between The Years 1872 - 1883
Opened On Monday 8th August 1994
By
Vincenzina Ciccarello
Mayor Of The City Of Kensington And Norwood
And
Max Harris AO
Poet And Writer
A Long Time Advocate For The Recognition
Of Mary MacKillop As
"An Australian For All Australians"