"For one thing, two of the sisters were faking visions...

"Fr. Woods could not see past their deception...

"Mary advised him that these mystics were false..."


From The Word Among Us. October 2010.

"Mary MacKillop's Rocky Road to Holiness"


By Patricia Treece.

"...Unfortunately, Mary also found herself in the painful position of having to speak the truth to Fr. Woods, the order's devout and brilliant co-founder.

"In spite of his high morals and ideals, it seems that overwork and exhaustion eventually clouded his judgment.

"For one thing two of the sisters were faking visions, and Fr. Woods could not see past their deception.

"Mary advised him that these mystics were false, but he refused to let her dismiss or even discipline them..."