On the 3rd December 1811, the convent was suppressed, and the church closed.

(Under the Government of Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphalia.) The nuns dispersed in all directions, but Anne Catherine remained, poor and ill.

A kindhearted servant belonging to the monastery attended upon her out of charity, and an aged emigrant priest, who said Mass in the convent, remained also with her.

These three individuals, being the poorest of the Community, did not leave the convent until the spring of 1812.

She was still very unwell, and could not be moved without great difficulty.