Saint Mary of the Cross MacKillop

On Saturday 17th October, we celebrate the 10th anniversary of St. Mary MacKillop’s canonisation. Even though our school isn’t governed by the Sisters of St. Joseph anymore, we still hold St.Mary of the Cross MacKillop very dear to us.

Her statue greets you as you enter the foyer and she looks over each classroom from their prayer tables. Importantly we uphold her values and ethos in our mission statement which reads “….. In the spirit of St Mary MacKillop".

One of Mary’s famous sayings “Never see a need without doing something about it” shows how she lived her life and encouraged everyone to do the same. She treated everyone with compassion and friendship without bias of their standing in the community.

“Walking amidst life’s difficulties, she had the capacity to lift people's spirit as she encouraged them to find meaning and purpose in their lives.” (Sr.Monica Cavanagh rsj)

Her 10 key values that live on today are joy, empowering love, trust, confidence, strength, leadership, compassion, patience, faithfulness and hope.

We ask God’s blessings on Sr Marea and Sr Clare (our two Altona resident sisters) and all the Josephite Sisters on this special occasion.