Nuns who founded Omahas Marian High prepare for final act [Video]

Sister M. Angeline Hakel doesn’t worry about tomorrow. Or the days, months and possibly years that follow. “I’m hoping and trusting God to get me into heaven,” she said.

For now, Hakel, 97, spends her days at the Servants of Mary Motherhouse, a convent situated next to Marian High School in Omaha. She tracks important social justice issues online — human trafficking and abortion. She doesn’t get around as she once did, she admits, so guests now come to her.

“Everything is much slower for me,” said Hakel, who made her final vows in 1951 with the Servants of Mary, a religious order founded in France in 1845. “You’d be surprised how I can make mistakes these days. But I’m still learning and couldn’t be more grateful. I just love the life I have.”

The order, which founded Marian High School, is down to 50 members in the U.S. Hakel …