Mary MacKillop small yellow cottage now known as Mary MacKillop cottage was originally built as a miner's house around 1870. It was bought by the church and incorporated into the church school in 1882 and then in 1897, Sister Mary MacKillop had the cottage and some of the school converted to a convent for the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart who worked in New Zealand and Australia. In 1897, Bishop Maher of Port Augusta arranged for the Sisters of St Joseph to take charge of the St Anacletus Catholic Day School at Petersburg (now Peterborough). MacKillop founded a convent
Saint Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.) of Boston and was installed in 1891. Saint Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church (Washington, D.C.) Saint Mary, Mother of God, previously known as St. Mary's German Catholic Church, was founded in 1845 by German immigrants and was dedicated in 1890 as a parish. It is in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington's northwest-east deanery, and is known for celebrating the traditional Tridentine Mass. Saint Mary, Mother of God Catholic Church is located at 727 Fifth Street, NW in Washington, DC near the Government Accountability Office, the National Building Museum, and Gallery Place Chinatown metro station. The organ in the