Mary MacKillop: An Extraordinary Australian: The Authorised Biography by Paul Gardiner SJ

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Inside front cover and half-title page are sunned. Large format paperback.

The biography of a Catholic nun who founded the Order of the Sisters of St Joseph at Penola, South Australia, in 1866.

The book chronicles her work with the poor as a teacher and social worker and her temporary ex-communication from the Church for alleged insubordination.

Destined to be Australia's first saint, she will be beatified by Pope John Paul II on 19 January 1995.

Includes black and white photographs, a bibliography and an index. The author is an Australian Jesuit who undertook the research presented to the Vatican supporting Mary MacKillop's canonisation.