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Irene was born at Kununoppin, West Australia. She was one of 6 children and her family lived on a wheat farm in Trayning, North East of Perth.
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At the age of 17, Irene entered the Sisters of St Joseph, the Australian religious order founded by St Mary Mackillop and known as the Josephite’s.
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In 1957 she received vows as a novice into the order
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She took her first vows
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She graduated to the University of Western Australia.
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She recieved her final vows in 1965.
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The Josephite sisters celebrated 10 years in Peru on April 1991
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She had been found guilty of the crime of feeding the poor.
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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
