{"product_id":"one-door-closes-another-opens-mary-mackillop-in-new-south-wales-1880-1909-paperback","title":"One Door Closes Another Opens: Mary MacKillop in New South Wales 1880-1909 - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eO'Sullivan Rsj Bernadette\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The idea of exploring the life of Mary MacKillop in New South Wales\u003cbr\u003e came from the members of the Mary MacKillop Committee. Several\u003cbr\u003e sisters were active in researching and recording the years 1880-1909\u003cbr\u003e and I was asked to bring this to fruition. Research for these years had\u003cbr\u003e been undertaken by Lynette Raftery rsj, Barbara White rsj and Clare\u003cbr\u003e Burgess rsj and I have added my own research. Bridie O'Connell's\u003cbr\u003e reflection on the final years of Mary MacKillop's life provides a fitting\u003cbr\u003e conclusion to the story.\u003cbr\u003e This book, One Door Closes Another Opens, aims to tell of the\u003cbr\u003e endeavours of Mary MacKillop in spreading the Gospel, sending out\u003cbr\u003e her sisters to care for and educate the neglected children in the poorest\u003cbr\u003e areas of the city of Sydney, particularly the slum areas around the\u003cbr\u003e part known as The Rocks on the shores of Sydney Harbour. These pioneer\u003cbr\u003e sisters were sent, too, to far flung towns and villages throughout\u003cbr\u003e New South Wales in the Dioceses of Sydney and Armidale, both of\u003cbr\u003e which encompassed huge areas. Mary visited the sisters, supported, \u003cbr\u003e encouraged, and assisted them in their work for God and his people.\u003cbr\u003e She journeyed by every known conveyance then available, in every\u003cbr\u003e kind of weather, often enduring snow, torrents of rain, blazing sun\u003cbr\u003e and heat and very often suffering poor health. All this was for the\u003cbr\u003e glory of her good God and for his children and to bring the message\u003cbr\u003e of his love and mercy to people in these isolated places.\u003cbr\u003e The withdrawal of Mary MacKillop's sisters from Bathurst in 1876\u003cbr\u003e closed their work there but it also saw the birth of a diocesan congregation\u003cbr\u003e of the Sisters of St Joseph under Bishop Quinn. The Bathurststory\u003cbr\u003e has been well told by Dr Marie Crowley in her notable work\u003cbr\u003e Women of the Vale which is highly recommended to readers.\u003cbr\u003e When Mary MacKillop and her sisters withdrew from Queensland\u003cbr\u003e at the end of 1879, they were welcomed into New South Wales by\u003cbr\u003e Archbishop Vaughan of Sydney and Bishop Torreggiani of Armidale.\u003cbr\u003e Hence the title, One Door Closes Another Opens.\u003cbr\u003e This work is a story of heroism, not only on the part of Mary, but\u003cbr\u003e also on the part of those pioneer sisters and the generous people who\u003cbr\u003e supported them. All of them laboured to teach and strengthen the\u003cbr\u003e catholic faith wherever they lived and worked. We thank God for\u003cbr\u003e them and dedicate this work to their memory.\u003cbr\u003e I wish to acknowledge the assistance given by Mr Gary Hayes who\u003cbr\u003e read the original draft of this work and gave many helpful suggestions.\u003cbr\u003e Sister Marie Therese Foale rsj gave of her time and considerable\u003cbr\u003e talents as an author to help to bring the work to a conclusion. To\u003cbr\u003e them, my grateful thanks.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 216\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.46 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 31, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42773256994912,"sku":"9781925643664","price":34.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0598\/1922\/9280\/files\/PVFdVFGZOC9781925643664.webp?v=1779843050","url":"https:\/\/bijoucc.myshopify.com\/products\/one-door-closes-another-opens-mary-mackillop-in-new-south-wales-1880-1909-paperback","provider":"CARIBBEAN CONNECT","version":"1.0","type":"link"}