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Sr Irene Birth
McCormack was born on Kununoppin, a Western Australian farm -
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Sister Irene Mccormack
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she joined sisters of saint joseph
The Sisters of St. Joseph, also known as the Congregation of the Sisters of St. Joseph and abbreviated C.S.J., is a Roman Catholic religious congregation -
she recieved her vowls
Religious vows are the public vows made by the members of religious communities pertaining to their conduct, practices, and views. -
she graduated from WA university
Washington University in St. Louis (WashU, or WUSTL) is a private research university located in St. Louis, Missouri, United States. Founded in 1853, and named after George Washington -
she had her final vows
In late 1911, a 20-year old woman joined the Consolata Missionaries in Turin, Italy. She took her final vows two years later and boarded a ship for Mombasa, Kenya, in 1914. -
she became a missionary
After decades teaching in Australian schools, McCormack felt called to serve Latin America's poor. She became a Peruvian missionary worker in 1987. She first worked in El Pacifico, a low income suburb in San Juan de Miraflores, -
she stopted teaching1985
McCormack was a teacher in Western Australia for the next 30 years. She was a petite woman and popular teacher and principal, but also known as feisty and demanding. She was an accomplished golfer and tennis player who enjoyed dancing. -
she went to peru
After decades teaching in Australian schools, McCormack felt called to serve Latin America's poor. She became a Peruvian missionary worker in 1987. She first worked in El Pacifico, -
she worked in huaosasi
she left to serve in Huasahuasi, high in the Andes Mountains about 200 km from Lima. McCormack and her companion -
death
Eventually the five prisoners were ordered to lie face down on the terrazzo-tiled plaza. Each was shot once in the back of the head. McCormack was killed first – about six metres (about 20 feet) from the church door.
