American nun arrives in Hong Kong.

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AMERICAN NUN ARRIVES IN HONG KONG

HONG KONG -- SISTER THERESA, AN AMERICAN NUN IN

CHINA FOR MANY YEARS, IS HELPED OFF THE DOCK ON

HER ARRIVAL HERE BY TWO SISTERS OF THE CANOSSIAN

ORDER. THE CARMELITE MISSIONARY, BORN IN NEW YORK,

WAS GRANTED AN EXIT PERMIT BY THE CHINESE

COMMUNISTS FOLLOWING THE RECENT GENEVA AGREEMENTS.

THE NUN, FORMERLY EVA STELLA DUGAY, HAD NOT BEEN

IMPRISONED OR HELD UNDER HOUSE ARREST BUT WAS

DENIED PERMISSION TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER HER ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG SHE

WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL FOR RECUPERATION.

CREDIT MUST READ:

RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (DDS-HK-10A-55-NAB-C)

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Title: American nun arrives in Hong Kong.
Description: Dressed in brown Carmelite robe and cloth Chinese shoes, both feet were bandaged. She was carried from her stateroom on back of Father Smith. She weighed less than 100 pounds. She tried to cover her face with handkerchiefs as photographers flashed away.
Creator: De Santerre, Daniele. (photographer)
Date: 1955
Subject names: Religious News Service--Archives.
Daughters of Charity of Canossa.
Carmelite Nuns.
Topics: Nuns--China.
Women missionaries--China.
Communism--China.
Communism and Christianity--Catholic Church.
Geographic subject: China.
Hong Kong.
Asia--China--Hong Kong
Geographic subject: Hong Kong.
China.
Form: photographs
Type of resource: still image
Extent: photograph : black-and-white ; 6 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches
Physical location: RNS RG 1, RT 1040, Box 55, image no. C-18182; Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA
Related item: Religious News Service Photographs, 1945-1982.--http://www.history.pcusa.org/collections/research-tools/guides-archival-...
Rights status: IN COPYRIGHT; http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Identifier (local): RNS-RG1_C-18182
PID (Persistent Identifier): islandora:149859