The women announced in a press release that they have rented a hotel in the Asturian town of Arriondas.
Three of the remaining eight women are reportedly moving to the city, almost 200 kilometres away, and will live in the hotel rooms on the first floor of the building.
At their new place of work, the former nuns are to take over the kitchen of the restaurant on the ground floor.
Only the other restaurant staff will have contact with customers, so that the cloistered atmosphere can be maintained.
In addition to traditional Asturian cuisine, the restaurant will also serve the baked goods and chocolates that the monastic community used to make a living from in the past.
Another attempt at dog breeding
The women have also announced plans to buy land for breeding and caring for dogs and other animals.
Among other things, they want to train assistance and guide dogs.
The sisters already caused a stir last year with an unauthorised dog kennel. The competent animal welfare authority therefore initiated proceedings against the business.
According to media reports, the police had already received complaints from residents in 2023 due to noise nuisance caused by dogs on the grounds of the convent, but found no signs of animal welfare hazards at the time.
The women's lawyer referred to the church newspaper "Vida Nueva" that the economic activities were necessary as the Vatican had deprived the sisters of their livelihood.
Last year, the responsible religious dicastery appointed the Archbishop of Burgos, Mario Iceta, as Papal Commissioner for the convent.
On Iceta's behalf, an administrative commission is looking after the assets of the apparently over-indebted monastery.
At the beginning of the week, it became known that the former superior sold gold worth 130,000 euros from the monastery's property. property.
It was also revealed that the convent had been drawing the pension of a deceased co-sister for two and a half years.
Threat of eviction remains
The former nuns are still living in the Belorado convent despite their excommunication and an eviction suit.
They had attempted to convert the convent into an association under civil law and thus continue to have access to the assets.
According to the archbishopric, the Spanish Ministry of the Interior has refused to allow the former nuns to convert the convent into an association.
The eviction of the convent was originally scheduled for 23 January, but has been delayed until today because the eviction notice could not be delivered to all the former nuns concerned.
The conflict surrounding the Poor Clares of Belorado has continued to escalate in recent months.
In May, the sisters published a manifesto in which they distanced themselves from the Catholic Church and declared that they would not recognise any popes after Pius XII.
In the course of the conflict, they joined various schismatic alleged bishops and were and were excommunicated because of their schism.
All attempts at mediation by the papal commissioner Iceta failed.
In addition to the schismatic ex-nuns, there are five elderly sisters in need of care in the convent who have not joined the schism.