Mary Hoban was a member of the Catholic Women's League and an active participant in that organisation's campaign for the canonisation of Caroline Chisholm. The campaign lost momentum when Hoban died unexpectedly in 1981.
Hoban is the aunt of Mary Hoban.
Source: Geoghegan, Clara Staff. 'Caroline Chisholm and the Polemics of Sainthood'. A paper written for the Conference, A Millennium of Christianity: 1000-2000, held at the University of Melbourne on 6 & 7 October, 2000.(Sighted 16/03/12 http://www.mrschisholm.com/)
