Mary MacKillop was the co-founder of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, a religious order who predominantly served people who were disadvantaged by poverty or isolation. In 2010 Mary MacKillop was canonized a saint by Pope Benedict XVl. She lived a life marked by virtuous actions. With the help of others, Mary did good work out of love of God and neighbour. Mary didn’t only help children by running schools, she and her sisters also helped other people such as homeless women and children, poor elderly women, orphans, and people in jail.Since 1913, the Sisters of St Joseph, also known as ‘Brown Joes’, have played a big
part in Catholic education right here in Gisborne. Both St Mary’s Catholic Primary
School and Campion College have Brown Joe origins in their DNA and the gift of the
Josephite charism lives on today in the hearts and minds of many of our parishioners.
St. Mary of the Cross MacKillop, pray for us.
After mass, Room 1 answered three questions about Mary MacKillop. You can find their answers on their individual blogs.
One of St Mary MacKillop's quotes that we live by is "Do your bit" so we also celebrated her feast day by doing just that. We planted more native trees in our Rerenga Awa, weeded around some that are already established and picked up the rubbish that had blown down there.
