Anna Pinke, Sister Mary Julia, FDC
Martyr of the Communist Persecution

Sister Julia taught as a religious in the Patrona Hungariae High School of the Daughters of Divine Charity from 1937 until 1948, when the State took control of the schools.

In August of 1949, to so-called ideological law suits were in vogue. Though innocent, she was implicated in a conspiracy against the State and sentenced to eleven years imprisonment. No matter how much she protested her total innocence, it did not help. She served time in all of the nation's prisons for women. In 1956, all "conspirators" were freed and scattered to the winds. This was the compensation for seven years of suffering, humiliation and torment! Following this prison term, she was totally physically debilitated. During exercise in the prison courtyard a guard hit her with a riffle butt. She fell to the wet pavement and broke her leg. Kind friends from prison helped her get good medical care after she was released. The spirit of 1956 was blown away by the winds of bolshevism and thus she was only allowed to work in the private sphere. Fortunately, Divine Providence did not forget Sister Julia. When she began to look for lodging, she met Mr. and Mrs. Faklya, who loved her as a member of their family until the end. She was very sickly, particularly with heart problems. In December of 1977, she quietly died in her sleep. During one of her heart attacks, Jesus appeared to her.