St Irene McCormack

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    St Irene McCormack

  • St Irene McCormack was born

    St Irene McCormack was born
    On the 29th of August 1938, St Irene McCormack was born in Kununoppin, which was a small Australian farm near Trayning.

  • St Irene McCormack wanted to be a Sister

    St Irene McCormack wanted to be a Sister
    At the age of 15, Irene McCormack decided that she wanted to be a Religious Sister.

  • St Irene McCormack joined the Sisters of St Joseph

    St Irene McCormack joined the Sisters of St Joseph
    In 1957, at the age of 18, St Irene McCormack joined the Sisters of Saint Joseph, and professed her first religious vows in 1958.

  • St Irene McCormack professed her first religious vows

    St Irene McCormack professed her first religious vows
    St Irene McCormack professed her first religious vows, at the age of 18.

  • She became a Peruvian Missionary

    She became a Peruvian Missionary
    St Mary McCormack became a Peruvian Missionary in 1987. She had worked in AI Pacifico.

  • St Irene McCormack returns to Huasahuashi

    St Irene, another Sister and priests left Huasahuashi because they were warned of danger from Sendero Luminoso. Though Irene McCormack didn't feel it was right to abandon the area in this time of need, so she later returned on the 14th of Janruary, 1990.

  • Irene McCormack's death

    Irene McCormack's death
    St Irene mcCormack died on the 21st of May, 1991, killed by the Sendero Luminaso in Huasahuasi.