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Mary Mackillop did incredible things in her life for the better of the Catholic Church in Australia. In 1866 in Penola Victoria, Father Julian Tenison Woods and Mary Mackillop began the first Saint Joseph’s school in an old stable. On 19 March 1986, Saint Joseph’s Day, Mary started to wear a black dress and began the congregation of the Sisters of Joseph. Mary devoted her life to God and started to set up more schools across Australia as more sisters joined the congregation. All children were welcome to the Josephite schools with free Catholic

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