Australian Catholic Sister murdered by guerrillas in Peru
Sister
Irene McCormack
RSJ
Born
(1938-08-21)21 August 1938
Kununoppin, Western Australia, Australia
Died
21 May 1991(1991-05-21) (aged 52)
Huasahuasi, Peru
Cause of death
Assassination by gunshot[1]
Burial place
Peru
Nationality
Australian
Education
Santa Maria College, Perth
Alma mater
University of Western Australia
Occupation(s)
Religious sister; teacher; missionary
Organisation
Caritas Peru
Notes
[2]
Irene McCormackRSJ (born 21 August 1938 – 21 May 1991), an Australian nun, was a member of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart who worked as a missionary in Peru. She was assassinated in Peru in 1991 by members of Sendero Luminoso ("Shining Path"), a Maoist rebel terrorist organisation.
^Henderson, Anne (2002). The Killing of Sister McCormack. HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-7322-6853-4.
^"Sr Irene McCormack still an inspiration after 25 years". The Record. Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Perth. 23 June 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
IreneMcCormack RSJ (born 21 August 1938 – 21 May 1991), an Australian nun, was a member of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart who worked as...
Moms of Eric Mccormack, Carson Daly and Christina Applegate". PR Newswire. September 27, 2004. "Emmy-Award Winning Actor Eric McCormack Presented With...
Australians were present in Vatican City to witness the ceremony. IreneMcCormack (21 August 1938 – 21 May 1991) was an Australian member of the Sisters...
Union-Tribune, August 6, 2002. Retrieved on February 20, 2013. McDonald, Jeff, IreneMcCormack Jackson and Elizabeth Fitzsimons. “Danielle's parents say 'thank...
brothers. Maker attended St. Andrews Catholic Primary School and joined IreneMcCormack Catholic College for high school. He was drawn to basketball in part...
Friars Minor; Martyr (New South Wales, Australia – Soroti, Uganda) IreneMcCormack (1938–1991), Professed Religious of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of...
2001. William Jerome McCormack was born in New York City on January 23, 1924, the son of William J. McCormack and Irene Curry McCormack. Raised on the Upper...
Heart Ellen Whitty, a professed religious of the Sisters of Mercy IreneMcCormack, a professed religious of the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart...
Boys and the Loyola College for Girls. The school's current principal is Dan McMahon. In 2018, there were 1,380 students enrolled at the school, as well as...
bestseller list. McCormick was born on August 5, 1956, in the Encino section of Los Angeles, California, to Irene (née Beckman) and Richard McCormick, a teacher...
first started singing when she joined a rock band in high school (IreneMcCormack Catholic College), that performed Green Day covers. After high school...
Jessica McCormack (born 8 September 1989 in Hamilton, New Zealand) is a women's basketball and netball player. At the 2006 Commonwealth Games she won...
over her murder causing a major drop in support for Shining Path. IreneMcCormack was an Australian missionary with the Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred...
Presentation College Mosman Park Mosman Park Catholic F/Co-ed 1900 IreneMcCormack Catholic College Butler Wanneroo Catholic Co-ed 2007 John XXIII College...
orders for Hurricane Irene", The Jersey Journal, archived from the original on November 1, 2012, retrieved September 14, 2011 McCormack, Simon (August 25...
Kitchel is retiring. Orleans: Robert Starr is retiring. Windsor: Richard McCormack is retiring. Elects two senators. The incumbents are Democrats Christopher...
Sophie Hyde and written by Katy Brand. Stars Emma Thompson and Daryl McCormack. "I'm a Gigolo" – 1929 Broadway show tune by Cole Porter, written for...
journalist Kathleen McConnell (a/k/a Kathy Mac) poet, academic Nail Builders Plan for Strength and Growth, The Hundefraulein Papers Derek McCormack 1969 novelist...
musical comedy film directed by Herbert Smith and starring Vic Oliver, Irene Ware and Finlay Currie. It was shot at Beaconsfield Studios outside London...
known as the Mungana affair. The election resulted in the defeat of the McCormack government in a landslide, and the first non-Labor ministry since 1915...
(1935-1983), priest of the Spanish Foreign Mission Institute (Peru) IreneMccormack (1938-1991), professed religious, Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred...
J. McCormack, is an Irish poet and academic. William (Bill) John McCormack was born near Aughrim, County Wicklow in 1947. His parents were Irene (née...
Global Information