ST. NAZIANZ, WI (WTAQ) – The last two Salvatorian nuns in the Manitowoc County village of St. Nazianz are pulling up stakes and heading toward retirement.
When 91-year-old Sister Rita Faust and 87-year-old Sister Jane Barman leave Monday to spend their twilight years with two other sisters in Portage, it will close the book on 119-year-old legacy of service.
“After being here this long and making friends and now having to pull up roots … and being the last ones, no Salvatorian Sisters here anymore, that’s a sad situation,” Sister Jane said.
On August 22nd, a special Mass and reception was held at St. Gregory’s church and school to thank the 2 nuns for their work, which included delivery for Meals on Wheels, tutoring at St. Gregory School, and visits to nursing homes, among numerous other services.
Most of the nuns left in 2000 after a storm devastated the area, damaging most of the village’s buildings including the convent where the sisters lived since 1896.
Three of them, including Sisters Rita and Jane, stayed behind.
(Story courtesy of Wheeler News Service)
