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Sisters of St Joseph
Description
Introduction
We, the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart, often called the Josephites ('Brown Joeys'), were founded in Penola, South Australia in 1866 by an Australian woman Mary MacKillop, and an English priest
Reverend Julian E Tenison Woods. From the beginning the Sisters lived among the ordinary people in houses of two or three throughout the various colonies, providing education and support for the children and families living in isolated areas and city slums. We have always had a centralised structure so that the Sisters could travel, regardless of geographical borders, to the places where there were great needs and no one else available to help.
The Centre of the Congregation is at Mary MacKillop Place, Mount Street North Sydney where Mary MacKillop's tomb is enshrined in the Mary MacKillop Memorial Chapel.
Additional Information
- Australia
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- Blessed Mary Mac Killop
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- Christianity
- Denominations
- Ireland
- Josephite
- Julian Tenison Woods
- Meeting Needs
- Mount Street
- New Zealand
- North Sydney
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- Penola
- Peru
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- Religion And Spirituality
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- Religious Women
- Sisters Of St Joseph
- Society
- St. Joseph
- Women's Orders
- Blessed Mary MacKillop
- Regional
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- Society and Culture