Early Life
On January 15, 1842 Mary Helen MacKillop was born. She was raised with Scottish parents her father Alexander MacKillop and her mother Flora MacDonald in Fitzroy, Melbourne. Mary was the eldest of all eight children of Alexander MacKillop and Flora MacDonald, she was well educated by her dad who studied for a few years of priesthood in Rome.
Previous Careers
At the age fourteen Mary started to work her very first career was a clerk in Melbourne then later on she became a teacher in Portland, Melbourne. A while later in order to help her needy family Mary became a governess in Penola, South Australia. She was in charge of taking care of the children and teaching the children in Penola about Jesus as well as the children in the outback.
Her Life with Fr Woods
At the age of sixteen Mary met Fr Julian Tenison Woods whose parish was twenty-two thousand square miles or fifty-six thousand square kilometers. Father Julian needed help in teaching the children in the outback about Jesus, so Mary nominated herself to teach those children. 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.
How She Lived the Gospel Values
Mary lived the Gospel Values by opening her heart to help children who did not have an education about Jesus so she went out to help those children so they could also go out and live the Good Word.
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