Archive · 14 Sep 2025
Nuns Return to Convent After Leaving Care Home
Three elderly nuns, who used to teach at a convent, were moved to a care home.
They missed their old home so much that they decided to go back.
With help from a locksmith and their former students, they got back into their convent.
The nuns were forced to leave the convent in December 2023 and the community was dissolved in early 2024.
The nuns are now back in the convent and receiving support from visitors and former students.
Three nuns returned to their convent after being forced to leave.
The nuns were formerly teachers at the convent and a girls' school.
They left a care home with help from a locksmith.
Provost Grasl opposed the move.
The nuns were forced to leave in December 2023.
- Who
- Sister Bernadette, Sister Regina, and Sister Rita
- What
- Three nuns returned to their convent after leaving a care home.
- When
- December 2023: Nuns were forced out of the convent; early 2024: Community officially dissolved.
- Where
- The nuns' convent and a Catholic care home in Austria.
- Why
- The nuns were homesick and wanted to return to their convent.
Nuns' Perspective
Provost Grasl's Perspective
Living Situation
Nuns' Perspective
They preferred living in the convent and were homesick at the care home.
Provost Grasl's Perspective
The care home provided proper care, and the convent rooms did not meet proper care requirements.
- Nuns Involved
- Sister Bernadette, Sister Regina, Sister Rita
- Age Range
- 82-88
- Former Role
- Taught at convent and girls' school for over 6 decades
- Event
- Nuns returned to their convent after being forced out
- Date of Removal
- December 2023
- Action
- Regained convent access with a locksmith's help
- Current Status
- Settling back into their old surroundings