Overview
- Sisters Bernadette, 88, Regina, 86, and Rita, 81–82, left a Catholic care home on September 4 and reoccupied their rooms at Schloss Goldenstein near Salzburg.
- Former students and a locksmith helped them regain access, restore basic power and water, and organize supplies, with a local doctor monitoring their health.
- Reichersberg Abbey’s provost, Markus Grasl, called the move “completely incomprehensible,” saying the building is unfit for orderly care and warning of possible medical emergencies.
- The sisters are documenting daily life on Instagram, drawing more than 10,000 followers and showing partial utility restoration and the removal of a stairlift.
- No formal eviction has been reported, the abbey says a return to the nursing home is “unavoidable,” and the on-site school continues to operate.