Three faithful nuns have fled their care home to return to the convent walls in a move that has been met with bewilderment by Church officials.
Sister Bernadette, 88, Sister Regina, 86, and Sister Rita, 82, returned to their 15th-century castle, Schloss Goldenstein, situated on the outskirts of Salzburg, Austria, where they had spent their entire lives as religious and taught at the school also located on the site.
The change in premises began in 2022 when the convent was placed under the care of a local Augustinian monastery, and Provost Markus Grasl of the Augustinian Canons’ Monastery of Reichersberg was appointed Apostolic Commissioner. At the end of 2023, the three sisters—then the only remaining nuns of the monastery—were relocated to Kahlsperg Castle, a care home less than five miles away, in what was described as an involuntary move.
