The last Capuchin nun in Manresa leaves the convent: "It's always hard to leave your home"

Pilar Lumbreras, 92, is the last active nun in the convent of the Capuchin sisters of Manresa, who have been in the city for 400 years. And now she has to leave to move to a residence: “It is not a joy. It is always difficult to leave your home”, she admits. At its most splendid, the convent had gathered more than 25 Poor Clare nuns. When Lumbreras entered it, 60 years ago, there were 16. “It has never been a very large community”, she points ou…