Mary was born in Melbourne Australia,she was the eldest out of 8 siblings.Her mother was Flora and father was Alexander,Alexander have had trouble providing for the family and went through a lot of hardship, and often relied on relatives. When she was 18 she moved to south Australia in the township of penola. Mary wanted poor kids to have a school. So with that dream she opened up her first school ST Joseph’s. which was made in a stable. Some priests misunderstood Mary,like bishop Sheil he thought Mary was being disobedient and kicked her out. But 5 months later she was brought back in. Mary was often sick from a sickness called rheumatism, and in 1902 she was paralyzed in her right side. Despite the pain she still went on and did her best educate children and be the best sister she could be. But sadly in 1909 8th of August she passed away because of her sickness.
Mary did a lot of wonderful deeds while she was alive,she shows us the ways and rules we shall follow and till this very day the josephite sisters do their duty and those in need. ‘Never see a need and do nothing’.
by kori and jenesys
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