Mary MacKillop is a child of Melbourne. She was born in Brunswick Street in Fitzroy and spent the first 18 years of her life living in this amazing city. She was formed by Melbourne in all its hustle and bustle of the gold rush era. Her family life in this burgeoning city was spent in transient poverty but always enfolded in the comforting arms of family and clothed in the unwavering faith in a Provident God.
Her return to her home state took a number of years, but Mary stamped her city with the indelible mark of the Sisters of St. Joseph in establishing schools for the poor, refuges for women and children, and homes for boys and girls who had no-one else to look after them. Take a walk down Mary’s streets and see Melbourne as she did. Let Mary’s story become a part of your own journey . . . .