MOTHER MARY OF THE CROSS IS ASSISTED AT THE HONG KONG BORDER AT THE END OF AN ORDEAL WHICH BEGAN EIGHT DAYS EARLIER IN PEKING, THE CAPITAL OF COMMUNIST CHINA.
MOTHER MARY OF THE CROSS IS ASSISTED AT THE HONG KONG BORDER AT THE END OF AN ORDEAL WHICH BEGAN EIGHT DAYS EARLIER IN PEKING, THE CAPITAL OF COMMUNIST CHINA.
MOTHER MARY OF THE CROSS, 76, A CANADIAN, IS ASSISTED AT THE HONG KONG BORDER AT THE END OF AN ORDEAL WHICH BEGAN EIGHT DAYS EARLIER IN PEKING, THE CAPITAL OF COMMUNIST CHINA. WEAKENED BY TRAVEL, SHE IS SUPPORTED BY THE MOTHER PROVINCIAL OF THE HONG KONG-MACAO FRANCISCAN MISSION OF MARY AND BY SISTER NOTKER, A SWISS NUN (AT RIGHT). MOTHER MARY OF THE CROSS, SISTER NOTKER, SISTER OLGA-SOPHIA (LEFT), ORIGINALLY FROM POLAND, AND SISTER JOEL OF GREECE (SECOND FROM LEFT) WERE AMONG THE EIGHT CATHOLIC NUNS DEPORTED FROM CHINA AUGUST 31 DURING A RENEWED COMMUNIST PARTY DRIVE TO STAMP OUT RELIGION AND OTHER INFLUENCES CALLED "BOURGEOIS" AND "FEUDALISTIC".