Mary MacKillop: Australia's First Saint, Educational Version

By Jeannie Meekins

Mary MacKillop devoted her life to educating poor children. With the help of Father Julian Woods, she established her own religious Order, the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.
She set up over 100 schools, educated 12,000 children, and received approval from the Pope for her Order.
Mary constantly battled against the Church in her own country – and was even ex-communicated.
But she kept her faith and devotion to God and she became Australia’s first saint.

Find out more about this woman who became a saint.

Ages 8 and up.
Educational Versions Include exercises designed to meet Common Core Standards.

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• Language: English
• Publisher: LearningIsland.com
• Release date: Jan 26, 2014
• ISBN: 9781310884344

Jeannie Meekins

Jeannie Meekins is an Australian writer who lives with her children and a couple of cats who think they own the computer. And if her dog could read, he’d be jealous, so it’s lucky that he can’t. Jeannie has also written over 10 books for children, many available through LearningIsland.com

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Mary MacKillop

Australia's First Saint

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Mary MacKillop: Australia's First Saint / Jeannie Meekins

Summary: Short biography of Mary MacKillop, educator and Australia's first saint.

1. MacKillop, Mary. Juvenile Literature. 2. Australia. Juvenile Literature.

Words: 2511

Reading Level: 7.0

Ages 8 and up

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Mary MacKillop

Australia's First Saint

Mary MacKillop devoted her life to educating poor children. With the help of Father Julian Woods, she established her own religious Order, the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart.

She set up over 100 schools, educated 12,000 children, and received approval from the Pope for her Order.

Mary constantly battled against the Church in her own country – and was even ex-communicated.

But she kept her faith and devotion to God and she became Australia’s first saint.

Early Life

Mary Helen MacKillop was born on January 5, 1842, in Fitzroy, in the Australian colony of Victoria. She was the first child of Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald. She had three sisters and four brothers. One of her brothers died at eleven months of age.

Mary’s parents both came from Scotland, but they met and married in Australia.

Alexander was well educated. He studied in Scotland to become a priest. Then he went