Mary Macillop's Influence On Australia

Mary Reibey, born Mary Haydock lived a unique lifestyle which was severely impacted by her convict experience. At 13 years of age Mary committed a crime of horse theft and was sentenced to seven years transportation. If Mary didn’t commit this crime she would not have lived the life that she did and would not be a significant figure in history today. Even though Mary was marginalised by her community, her marriage, business achievements and charity work were established through and from her transportation to Australia. In her lifetime Mary attained many achievements but reached far and wide to accomplish them.

In both cases, Caroline and Mary both endured in spreading the word of God to increase Catholicism in Australia, due to the fact they both assisted and supported the underprivileged. Thus, through the use of various examples, Caroline and Mary have created a major impact on multiple people through their heart warming personality, plus, the things they achieved. On the contrary, Caroline Chisholm and Mary Mackilliop have contrasting contributions to their lives. Firstly, Mary Mackilliop focused all of her work in Australia devoted to being a role model for younger people wanting to follow their faith. This is shown through the dedication of the Sisters of St. Joseph, which eventually led to it being widespread across the whole of Australia with her courage and perseverance.

The religious education system in Australian Catholic Schools has endured many significant changes since the Second Vatican Council.

Mary MacKillop was born in Fitzroy, Melbourne on January the 15th 1842. She was the first child to Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald. Mary was one child out of 8 and spent most of her childhood years looking after and acting like a second mother to her siblings. The MacKillop family were quite poor so at the young age of 14, Mary got herself a job as a governess and as teacher at a Portland school. All the money Mary earned went towards her families everyday living. While working as a governess, Mary met Father Julian Tension Woods. By the time Mary had reached the age of 15 she had decided that she wanted to be a nun. She also wanted to devote her life to the poor and less fortunate. So upon meeting Father Julian Tension Woods she

Dr. Mannix- Summary Sheet A Basic Biography Dr Mannix was originally head of the Maynooch College in Ireland before moving to Melbourne, Australia in 1913 as Coadjutor to Archbishop Thomas Carr. He was outspoken about Catholics being denied the right of religious education and his main goal became to receive justice in this area. Mannix rejected compromise and encouraged Catholics to be assertive of their beliefs. Within a year of Dr. Mannix’s arrival he gained a substantial amount of public attention to Catholic Australians’ oppression.

The successor of Rev. Richard Johnson, Rev. Samuel Marsden caused upheavel with the other denominations of Christianity, mainly the Catholics, as he did not recognise them as ‘human’. The evident sectarianism can be expressed through the note of one convict who stated, “He prays for our souls on Sunday, and takes it out of our bodies during the rest of the week.” The development of Christianity in Australia pre 1945 has subsequently been tainted by the tensions and caused the oppression of many people in Australia.

This is where he met Mary Mackillop, founding the Sisters of St Joseph. A year later he accepted the position of director general of the Catholic schools. This was a very controversial position at this time. He also became the chaplain and secretary to Bishop Sheil. After moving to Brisbane, he founded the Sisters of Perpetual Adoration on the 15th of June in 1872.

•     Theresian Club: This sodality helped the children from less enthusiastic Catholic Homes and taught them about their faith. They were mostly religious women, and they had many practices within the church.

Mary Mackillop, born in 15th of January 1842 in Victoria, is a very well known Australian catholic nun who founded the Sisters of Joseph with Father Tenison Woods in 1866. While Mary was around the age of 20, Father Woods came to her and suggested that she and her sisters help him educate the poorer Catholic children in South Australia, as directed by the Bishop. Looking back, it was likely that the Government was putting a focus on the welfare of white/ catholic children. This is evident in 1844, where an Act was passed to allow catholic missionaries to capture native children and ‘civilise’ them. This is also seen in 1869, where hundred of aboriginal children were taken by the government to give them ‘a better life’. In conclusion, the government

Mary Mackillop was born January 15 1842 in Fitzroy and died August 8 1909 North,Sydney,Sydney age 67 and was buried in Gore Hill Cemetery St.Leonards.She was baptised February 28 1842 at St Francis church.Mary was born to Alexander Mackillop and Flora MacDonald.Mary’s parents were Scottish immigrants who settled in Melbourne.She had four brothers and three sisters. Mary Mackillop is celebrated each year August 8.Mary was canonised on October 17 2010,Vatican city,by Pope Benedict XVI.

Immigration has easily had the largest and most significant effect on Australia’s religious landscape and has managed to see Australia become a vast multi-cultural and religious community. Immigration has taken several years to make significant changes to the Australian religious landscape. After the early settlers arrived and began to set up churches and

Tripp, D (2000). “Where did I come from”. Exploring Christianity. Retrieved on June 26, 2015 from www.christanity.co.nz

This article focuses on Hinduism and its growth in Australia. As of 2011, Hinduism is the fastest growing religion in Australia and many think that it will continue growing. The migration of Indians has a big effect as to why Hinduism as grown so much in Australia. The Indians spreading Hinduism around Australia has cause many of the locals born there to migrate toward Hinduism as well. Festivals are held in the streets of Australia by those who participate in Hinduism to celebrate the practices of Hinduism.

The Sisters of Saint Joseph aimed to provide education for the children of Penola. In 1900, they had made foundations in all 7 states of Australia and New Zealand and all 600 Sister mourned the passing of Mary Mackillop in 1909. The Sisters of Saint Joseph are involved with many things including the work which is involved

Ecumenical movements and interfaith dialogue are of great importance as they have had a significant contribution towards harmony, acceptance and unity between Christian sects, world religions and society in general. The establishment of both religious movements was due to the viciousness of the Second World War and the distress, which was present in humanity at the time. The two religious initiatives hold great value due to the effect they had on Australia post-World War II; they aim and work towards increasing peace, cooperation, dialogue and mutual understanding within the world, thus forming an integrated, united, non-discriminatory and multicultural civilization.