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Day of Commemoration in Slovakia

Celebration commemorating the victims interned by the communists in the Ursuline Convent at Modra

April 6, 2013

The program began with Mass in the parish church attended by many people in Modra (half of whom are Protestants), the mayor, the director of the Museum of Modra, members of the Association of former students of the Ursulines, the historians and the Confederation of Political Prisoners.

We recalled that on August 29, 1950, Modra, the smallest Ursuline convent, where previously only 13 sisters had lived, became the convent of concentration for 134 Ursulines throughout Slovakia. Then, on the night of September 27, 1950, Sisters of St. Vincent de Paul were deported to Modra and the number of sisters rose to 182. The sisters slept in classrooms and during Mass, the corridors and stairs were full.

They worked in the fields where they harvested potatoes, tobacco, turnips, sorghum and other crops. They were transported to the fields in tractors and open trucks no matter what the weather was like. Even teachers were unable to continue their work, but also had to work in the mud until winter. The atmosphere of those days was collected in songs they composed. And during the day, the student choir sang them, interspersing memories with the testimony of Sr. Natalia Vrablova. Sister, like many others, was deported from the Novitiate in Modra. The testimony of their faith in Christ, the strength of their faith and unity among them under these very difficult conditions, greatly moved the audience.

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