It is the end of an era at a little-known convent
in Wokingham which is to close after being in the town for more
than 100 years.
The Presentation Convent in Easthampstead Road is in the process
of selling off its ecclesiastical items and furniture.
The convent, which is next to St Teresa's School, where its nuns
have previously taught, houses the Dominican Sisters of the
Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
There are just three sisters left, who still work around the
town and teach children at Corpus Christi Church in Sturges
Road.
The three nuns, one of whom is now temporarily in a care home
after suffering a stroke, will soon move to a two bedroom flat in
Sturges Road.
They are hoping they will move to a bigger house in the road if
their colleague comes back to work.
The items from the church were auctioned in Lewes, East Sussex,
on Monday, September 22, and raised £6,000.
Sister Bernadette Cooney, 75, who has been at the convent for 37
years, said: "We will continue to work around the area, but there
is no need for the convent any more."