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Our Lady Star of the Sea Church — Robe

Robe, South Australia, Australia

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Why pilgrims come

A sacred place worth the journey.

An 1858 coastal Catholic church commissioned by Fr. Julian Tenison Woods, later used by the Sisters of Saint Joseph as both convent space and a school during the early Josephite mission.

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The pilgrim’s guide

What makes this visit meaningful

An 1858 coastal Catholic church commissioned by Fr. Julian Tenison Woods, later used by the Sisters of Saint Joseph as both convent space and a school during the early Josephite mission.

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Fr. Woods’s coastal church

See one of the early South Australian churches commissioned by Mary MacKillop’s co-founder.

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Church, school and convent

The building’s compact scale makes the Sisters’ combined worship, teaching and community life tangible.