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She had to take the same vows as all other nuns. The vow of poverty; leads a nun to imitate Jesus, who for our sake became poor; A vow of Chasity, no sex is aloud because you are married to God; and finally a vow of Obedience, the need to stay obedient to Jesus.

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She promised to sacrifice all she had for God

  • They believe Christ to be their husband, so they promise never to marry and have children.

  • They take a vow of poverty, which means they live very simply with few possessions.

  • The third vow is obedience, where they promise to obey the rules of their religious community without question.

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She took vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. When she formed the Missionaries of Charity she added another vow of

"wholehearted free service to the poorest of the poor."

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Members of the order must adhere to the vows of chastity, poverty and obedience, and the fourth vow, to give "Wholehearted and Free service to the poorest of the poor".

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