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Three Augustinian nuns (pictured on Sept. 16, 2025) fled their nursing home and returned to their convent in Austria.

Elderly nuns escape nursing home in Austria and find way back to convent

Sep 18, 2025

By Alexander Folz

Three elderly nuns have made international headlines and gained Instagram followers after fleeing a nursing home and returning to their... Read more

Sister Maria Zhang made her perpetual vows as an Augustinian Recollect on May 13, 2025.

Widow, mother of 4 nuns and a priest, takes perpetual vows

Jun 20, 2025

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

Sister Maria Zhang Yue Chun made her perpetual vows on May 13 at the convent of the Augustinian Recollects in... Read more

Sister Inah Canabarro and her nephew Kléber Canabarro.

World’s oldest nun is 115-year-old Brazilian

Mar 20, 2024

By Nathália Queiroz

“My secret, my great secret, is to pray,” says Sister Inah Canabarro Lucas, the oldest nun in the world at... Read more