I've found this passage in Fr. Nicholas Maestrini's My Twenty Years With The Chinese (p. 270):
Tall and elderly Mrs. Pat Costello was Irish kindness and goodness personified. Having lost her husband shortly before the Japanese attack, she was trapped in Hong Kong by the war and found refuge in the hostel for women conducted by the Canossian Sisters.
Could this have been Anne Costello's mother? If so, that might explain why she didn't seek repatriation as (presumably) a Canadian.
I well remember Mrs. Costello in the Italian Convent on Caine Road when I too was a refugee in the convent as a pre-teenager. I often used to visit with her and enjoyed her company. I fondly remember how motherly she was towards me; a great lady.
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I've found this passage in Fr
I've found this passage in Fr. Nicholas Maestrini's My Twenty Years With The Chinese (p. 270):
Tall and elderly Mrs. Pat Costello was Irish kindness and goodness personified. Having lost her husband shortly before the Japanese attack, she was trapped in Hong Kong by the war and found refuge in the hostel for women conducted by the Canossian Sisters.
Could this have been Anne Costello's mother? If so, that might explain why she didn't seek repatriation as (presumably) a Canadian.
I well remember Mrs. Costello
I well remember Mrs. Costello in the Italian Convent on Caine Road when I too was a refugee in the convent as a pre-teenager. I often used to visit with her and enjoyed her company. I fondly remember how motherly she was towards me; a great lady.