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THESE 3 AUSTRIAN NUNS FLED THEIR RETIREMENT HOME AND BROKE BACK INTO THEIR CONVENT.

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SISTERS BERNADETTE,

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RITA,

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AND REGINA,

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ALL IN THEIR 80S,

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WERE MOVED FROM THEIR CONVENT NEAR SALZBURG INTO

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A CARE FACILITY AFTER SEEKING MEDICAL ATTENTION.

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IN DECEMBER 2023,

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WHO ONCE RECOVERED,

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THEY WERE NEVER TAKEN BACK,

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AND AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS,

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THESE SISTERS WEREN'T GOING TO LET A BROKEN VERTEBRA,

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DIABETES,

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OR THEIR WALKERS STOP THEM FROM BUSTING BACK INTO THEIR SPIRITUAL HOME.

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THE SISTERS SAY THEY HAD AN AGREED CONTRACT WITH

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THE LOCAL MONASTERY TO LIVE THERE FOR LIFE,

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AND WHEN A FEW LOCAL VILLAGERS AND SOME OF THE

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FORMER STUDENTS OF THE NUNS HEARD ABOUT THEIR PLIGHT,

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THEY GOT TO WORK,

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PROVIDING THE GETAWAY VEHICLE TO WHISK THEM AWAY FROM THE CARE HOME AND

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EVEN HELPING THEM WITH THE LEGAL PAPERWORK NEEDED TO SET THEM FREE.

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AND ONCE BACK IN THE CONVENT,

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AFTER PICKING A FEW LOCKS,

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THEY TOOK TO INSTAGRAM TO SHOW THEIR JOY AT BEING

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HOME AND TO EXPRESS GRATITUDE TO ALL WHO HELPED THEM.

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BUT SETTLING BACK IN WASN'T WITHOUT ITS DIFFICULTIES.

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THE PROPERTY HAD BEEN DISCONNECTED FROM WATER AND ELECTRICITY,

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AND SOMEONE HAD TO UNCLOG THOSE DRAINS.

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MANY OF THE ADAPTATIONS FOR SENIOR LIVING,

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SUCH AS THE STAIR LIFT,

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HAD BEEN REMOVED WHILE THEY WERE AWAY.

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BUT WITH THE HELPING HAND OF FRIENDS,

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DONATING FOOD,

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THEIR TIME,

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AND COOKING THE OCCASIONAL MEAL,

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THESE SISTERS ARE ONCE AGAIN THRIVING IN THE

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ONLY PLACE THEY WILL EVER TRULY CALL HOME.