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.
Mary Star of the Sea Church, Grand Case Mary Star of the Sea Church, Grand Case The Mary Star of the Sea Church Also called «Grand Case Catholic Church» () Is the name that receives a religious building affiliated to the Catholic Church that is located in the sector of Grand Case in the territorial collectivity of Saint Martin a dependent territory of France that consists of the north half of the island of Saint Martin in the lesser Antilles. It should not be confused with the catholic church of the same name but located in the Dutch sector of the island. The temple follows the Roman or