The Associated Press
ELM GROVE, Wis. Eight nuns living at a retirement home for sisters in suburban Milwaukee died of COVID-19 complications in the last week including four who passed away on the same day a grim reminder of how quickly the virus can spread in congregate living situations, even when precautions are taken.
Notre Dame of Elm Grove had been free of the virus for the last nine months, but the congregation that runs the home found out on Thanksgiving Day that one of the roughly 100 sisters who live there had tested positive. Despite social distancing and other mitigation efforts that were already in place, several more positive tests followed, said Sister Debra Marie Sciano, the provincial leader for School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province.
Eight religious sisters died of Covid-19 at a Wisconsin facility within a week 1075thegame.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from 1075thegame.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
December 18, 2020
CWN Editor s Note: The nuns were members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN news coverage.
Sound Off! CatholicCulture.org supporters weigh in.
All comments are moderated. To lighten our editing burden, only current donors are allowed to Sound Off. If you are a current donor, log in to see the comment form; otherwise please support our work, and Sound Off!
There are no comments yet for this item.
Eight nuns in their 80s and 90s die in the same week after COVID-19 spread through their Wisconsin retirement home
Eight nuns at a retirement home in suburban Milwaukee, Wisconsin, died of COVID-19 within a week of each other
Sisters Rose M. Feess, 91, and Mary Elva Wiesner, 94, died on December 9
Sisters Dorothy MacIntyre, 88, died on December 11 and Mary Alexius Portz, 96, died Sunday
Sisters Cynthia Borman, Joan Emily Kaul, Lillia Langreck and Michael Marie Laux all died on Monday
Nuns lived at the Notre Dame of Elm Grove in Elm Grove, Wisconsin
Home was free of virus for nine months until recently, when it was learned on Thanksgiving Day that one of the nuns tested positive for COVID-19
Eight Sisters die from COVID-19 despite best efforts at safety at Wisconsin retirement home
Eight sisters at Notre Dame of Elm Grove died from COVID-19 in a week despite the retirement homeâs best efforts.
By: TMJ4 Staff
and last updated 2020-12-18 11:25:30-05
MILWAUKEE â Eight Sisters at Notre Dame of Elm Grove, a retirement home near Milwaukee, died from COVID-19 in a week despite the homeâs best efforts.
âThe Sisters, were being extra careful in terms of getting their meals in rooms and they canât congregate together,â Sister Debra Sciano, Provincial Leader of the School Sisters of Notre Dame Central Pacific Province said. âMore testing, being tested twice a week for the virus.â