Throughout her lifetime, the importance of religion was very strong.

Brought up in an area that was predominantly Catholic, Berta and her family were deeply religious.

Even in the metropolis of Munich, she shied away from living in accommodations frequented by most students and lived instead in a boarding house run by order of the church.

In Munich, Berta Hummel had met two Franciscan nuns from Sießen in Württemberg.

Drawn by the friendship to the two sisters, comforted by the thought of a peaceful convent away from the growing turmoil in Germany, young Berta made her decision.