Mary MacKillop Mary MacKillop Mary Helen MacKillop RSJ (15 January 1842 – 8 August 1909) was an Australian nun who has been declared a saint by the Catholic Church, as St Mary of the Cross MacKillop. Of Scottish descent, she was born in Melbourne but is best known for her activities in South Australia. Together with the Reverend Julian Tenison Woods, she founded the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart (the Josephites), a congregation of religious sisters that established a number of schools and welfare institutions throughout Australia and New Zealand, with an emphasis on education for the rural poor.
Saint Mary Church (Norwalk, Connecticut) Norwalk's Catholic population grew. The parish of St. Matthew was split off in 1958, the parish of St. Jerome was split off in 1960, and the parish of St. Philip was created in 1964. In 2010, the church was extensively remodeled under the direction of Duncan Stroik, professor of architecture at the University of Notre Dame. The church's organ was built in 1994 by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, CT, Opus 2756, 2 manuals and pedal, 24 ranks. Saint Mary Church (Norwalk, Connecticut) St. Mary is a Roman Catholic church in Norwalk, Connecticut, part of the Diocese of Bridgeport.