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Irene McCormack was born on August 21st 1938 in Kununoppin. She was one of six children and her family that lived on a wheat farm in Traying.
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By the age of 15 Irene always wanted to be a nun so at the age of 17 in 1956 she entered the Sisters of St Joseph.
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Irene McCormack receives first vows and is accepted as a sister in the order of the Sisters of St Joseph.
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Irene McCormack gradated from the University of WA. She qualified as a teacher and began teaching in Western Australian schools.
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Irene becomes principal of Kearnan College. However after 30 years of teaching Irene experienced a restlessness of spirit urging her to become a missonary.
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Irene flies to Peru to help the poor and very needy. She first goes to a town called El Pacifico, a suburb in San Juan de Miraflores.
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Irene goes to Huasahuasi to serve the poor and help the needy
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The priests of Huasahuasi and two sisters left the village for Lima. Irene, however, felt that the church could not abandon the poor and returned on 14 January 1990.
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Timeline of Sister Irene\ The shining path caught Irene and sentenced her to death along with four men. Sister Irene was shot in the back of the head by a young woman.
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Work in Peru Sister Irene's body is buried in Huasahuasi Cemetery. Her body is placed in a niche donated by a follower.
