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Irene McCormack was born on the 21st of August 1938 in Kununoppin, Western Australia. She was 1 out of 6 children and grew up on a farm. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGdU3fC0SPA
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Irene decided joined the Sisters of St Joseph, the Australian religious order founded by St Mary Mackillop and known as the Josephites. She spent the next few years teaching in country areas of Western Australia.
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Sr. Irene wanted to be a nun ever since she was 15 years of age.
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Sr. Irene took her first vows at the age of 17.
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6 years after receiving her vows and profession, Sr. Irene returned to North Sydney to receive her final vows and was fully accepted as a nun.
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Irene spent the next thirty years as a teacher mostly in country schools in West Australia.
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She became the head principal of Kearnan College in 1981-1985.
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Ater 30 years of teaching, she was asked to do missionary work in Peru. Sister Irene said she had simply come to Peru to love people.
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The Josephite sisters celebrated 10 years in Peru together on April 1991
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Sr. Irene McCormack was captured by the terrorist group named Shining Path. At 8pm they were ordered to lie face down and they were shot in the head. Irene was the first to be executed. It has been reported her killer was a young girl. www.godtube.com/watch/?v=77GZWWNX
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Sister Irene taught sewing and craftwork to the women of the village and helped children. In the evening she went to work in the garden. Suddenly there was a loud banging on the door. She was escorted through the streets into the plaza for a public trial. Irene walked camly.
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The morning after she was killed the prisoners bodies could not be moved from the plaza until authorities gave permission, The next day Sr Irene McCormack was buried at the Huasahuasi cemetery. www.godtube.com/watch/?v=77GZWWNX
