The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-22
'Maryknoll Comes to Sacred Heart
"The Forum, Sacred Heart High School Paper, Prints Editors Interview With Sister Rose of Lima, Formerly of Korea-Contrasts
 Garb of Missionary Sister With
 Uniforms of WAVES / and WAACS.
and WAACS.

building was packed to overflow ing. The whole congregation, realizing that soon they would no longer have the good priests and sisters with them, wept a. body, and lamented thsr approaching loss. And their groans and cry- ing, Sister said, were something Ito remember to your dying day"
 Fearful Farewell
 All this took place in the early part of the month of June.
 Immediately thereafter they were herded away with their scant possessions to the coast, and as the party moved along, missionaries from other locations joined them, thin and haggaNd, some from being in prison, others from the trying tension of those last few days. Old friends met and chatted and laughed, forget ting, for the moment, their seri- ous plight in the joy of reunion.
 At this point of their journey all the religions, to the number of 120, were stationed in some coast town in deserted barracks composed of one not too large room, and here, crowded in the midst of filth and even covered with vermin, they remained for about two weeks. They used the soiled bedclothes the soldiers had left and ate food which in this country we call by another name.
 From Korea they went to Tokio, where one of the fathers died, and his body was buried in that land. The government prom ised that after the war they would ship the priests body back to Korea for a burial in the place where he had labored so hard.
 The remainder of the journey was made in 8 Japanese vessel, the Asama Maru. On the side of the boat was printed in large black letters, Diplomat" and it was constantly lighted at night. Sister said that there was not so much danger of being bombed or torpedoed, because of the nature of the boat, but there was plenty of chance of hitting stray mine or two, a thought which did not exactly cause one to rest in com- plete mental peace. A second ship travelled with the ASama Maru so that in the event of any such &C., cident, the unharmed boat could act as relief vessel for the other.
 s. s. GripshOlm
 On they sailed throgh the China Sea. At various ports they stopped to pick up other passen- gers, but never were permitted to go ashore. Sometimes they 4n- chored so far out that the city or town was impossible to see. They finally came to the east coast of Africa. Here they were trans- ferred to the Gripsholm, a Swed- ish ship, and in it crossed the Atlantic to Rio in Brazil.
 On August 25, at g a. I1., eighty seven days from the time they started, having spent sixty-eight days on the sea and crossed five oceans, they landed on Ellis Island. and Sister confessed that the thrill of seeing once again real, live, worthy American sailor will always be remembered as one of the greatest joys of her life.
 From New York by devious roads and channels Sister arrived at Sacred Heart Parish on Septem- Der 20, apparently none the worse for her terrible experiences and as gay and light-heaTted as 8 teenage novice.
 When Sister seemed about to end her story the octet of en. traneed listeners begged her for more.
 Sister mentioned again the grief of the natives crying in the church that last day ln Korea and the weeping when they pulled out on the boat bound for America. She also said that thousands Of Korea's great flock of Catholics, so far in distance from as, yet so close to us in Christ, were newly baptized persons, who, just born into the faith, now are deprived Of their only means 0f learning more about it. the priests and the sisters, Whether they wili remain faith. sul in the midst Of such an m. religious world is . question that our prayers can help decide.
 Sister related her whole story as nonehalantly as if she were dis- cuaslng the best way t0 knit q pair of stocklngg, but in aaklna