>Usually when you join a religious order that requires a vow of poverty, your stuff goes to to the order. Do you have a source for this? I know that a vow of p

>Usually when you join a religious order that requires a vow of poverty, your stuff goes to to the order. Do you have a source for this? I know that a vow of poverty means you have to give up everything, such as your friend's house. But I doubt that it has to be given to the order. Also there might be a distinction between things you give away before joining (what I think this thread is about) and things you gain while a nun (such as inherited stuff) that you have to give away. > I think you can give them to your family. [1] > When you make final vows, you can give away your possessions (e.g. to family/friends) or donate them to the order. [2] > Possessions can usually be given to family or friends or sold and donated either to the order or a charity of choice. In the case of inheritance, you can either ask to be left out of the will or accept it and then turn it over to the order or gift it to another. [3] [1] https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/9zaegz/curious_about_vow_of_poverty_for_religious_orders/ea7livg/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/9zaegz/curious... [2] https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/grtzu1/advice_and_preparation_for_seminaryjoining_an/fs1bdv4/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/grtzu1/advice_... [3] https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/grtzu1/advice_and_preparation_for_seminaryjoining_an/fs1m9re/ https://www.reddit.com/r/Catholicism/comments/grtzu1/advice_...