Ursuline Sisters to sell US headquarters on Long Island
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A branch of an order of Roman Catholic nuns is putting its longtime U.S. headquarters on Long Island up for sale as its membership declines.
Newsday reports (http://nwsdy.li/2qv2E2h ) the Ursuline Sisters of Tildonk are selling their longtime headquarters in the Suffolk County hamlet of Blue Point, on Great South Bay.
The nuns say the eight-acre property, known as the St. Ursula Center, has to be sold to pay for living costs and health care for the last of the order's 40 aging members.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The order says it will continue to operate in the U.S. despite the impending sale. Some local residents hope to convert the South Shore property it into a public library.
The Ursulines have been in Blue Point since 1935. Their branch traces its founding to Tildonk, Belgium, on April 30, 1818.
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{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Information from: Newsday, http://www.newsday.com