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Neumann University needed housing. A local convent had space. Now, nuns and students share a ‘dorm.’

The Catholic university purchased the adjacent convent of its founding order last year to add student living space, but the school wasn’t about to boot the sisters and they didn’t want to leave.

(From left) Katela Villasenor, 19, Sister Debbie Krist, Sister Pat Smith, Sister Esther Anderson, Sister Bernadette Brazil, and Kayla Patino, 19, practice before filming a Tik Tok video at Neumann University.
(From left) Katela Villasenor, 19, Sister Debbie Krist, Sister Pat Smith, Sister Esther Anderson, Sister Bernadette Brazil, and Kayla Patino, 19, practice before filming a Tik Tok video at Neumann University.Read moreJessica Griffin / Staff Photographer