If you enter religious life, can you bring your house and car along?

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From the online chatroom, a pre-nun asked about that stage of religious life, postulancy, also known as candidacy. As you start doing more and more with the community, you still support yourself and continue your usual work. So when is the best time to sell off your home, car, possessions?

We talk about the difference of culture in religious life and the stages of taking vows.

To listen to the full episode of Ask Sister from February 2013, go to this show page.

GSR shares clips from our friends at  A Nun’s Life Ministry, which has a live prayer podcast on Monday (excluding holidays) at 4 p.m. Central Time and other live podcasts throughout the month: Ask Sister, Motherhouse Road Trip and In Good Faith. Dates and times for the full, live episodes are listed on their program schedule.