Father Julian, now Director of Catholic Education in South Australia, invites Mary to move to Adelaide to open schools and assist with teacher training. Mary leaves Penola for Adelaide with Sister Rose Cunningham. Upon arrival, the first convent-cottage opens in Grote Street, Adelaide.
On 2 July 1867, Mary and Sister Rose begin teaching at the first Adelaide Josephite school, operating in St Francis Xavier’s Hall, next to the cathedral in Wakefield Street.