Death of Rev. Mother Mary Benedict Hickey – Mother General of the Sisters of St.Joseph
A record not surpassed by any nun in Australia
The most remarkable Nun in Australia, Rev. Mother Mary Benedict Hickey, the Mother General of the Sisters of St. Joseph, died at the Convent, Perthville, last week, at the age of 87 years, and in the 64th year of her religious profession. Mother Mary Hickey, a native of Millstreet, Co. Cork, Ireland, came to Australia in 1875 and be came Superior of the Perthville. Convent and branch Convents in 1881, and, with the exception of four terms, has been Mother General all that time — a record not surpassed by [read more …] “Death of Rev. Mother Mary Benedict Hickey”
