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 Magdalene Parish Church (Pililla, Rizal) from the vestibule of the church. A small retablo housing the image of St. Mary Magdalene can be found inside the baptistery. Saint Mary Magdalene Parish Church (Pililla, Rizal) Diocesan Shrine and Parish of St. Mary Magdalene (Filipino: "Dambanang Pangdiyosesis at Parokya ni Santa Maria Magdalena and Simbahan ng Pililla)" is a Roman Catholic Church located in the municipality of Pillila, Province of Rizal, Philippines. The church was built by the Franciscans in 1583, under the patronage of St. Mary Magdalene. It is a few kilometers away from San Ildefonso Parish Church, a historical church in Tanay. On January 16,