Priests and cars What does your priest drive?

[beebeechan]

Hard to say how a priest got an expensive car. It could be many honest ways that have nothing to do with taking advantage of anyone.

For instance, some of the high school boys in the more affluent neighborhoods drive luxury cars. My own grandson got a Lexus from his mother as a graduation gift. Some kids have nicer cars than the teachers.

Maybe priests also inherit cars, or perhaps they have generous parents.

Do priests and nuns take vow of poverty when they join their religious orders?

 

[Arizona_Fat_Gir]

Not all priests take a vow of poverty. Some diocesan priests do not.

 

[Rosebud77]

Do priests and nuns take vow of poverty when they join their religious orders?

Nuns and monks do but that is personal poverty and does not mean the order cannot own things. And they will get what they need if they are eg working.

Diocesan priests are different.

 

[beebeechan]

Nuns and monks do but that is personal poverty and does not mean the order cannot own things. And they will get what they need if they are eg working.

Diocesan priests are different.

They are nuns, which means that they always under a religious order.
What kind of religious order would need a BMW i8 to spread the words of Jesus ?

 

[Don_Ruggero]

They are nuns, which means that they always under a religious order.
What kind of religious order would need a BMW i8 to spread the words of Jesus ?

First of all, we do not know that they are nuns of a religious order. They are more likely Sisters of a congregation of active Religious or other institute of consecrated life than nuns of an order. That point aside…

Did you read the article…which is a generous term for so few words posted?

All that can actually be said of the photo is that two Sisters are examining the car, which is in the church parking lot at the time of a wedding. It is unknown who owns this car.

As a priest, I have been invited to “get behind the wheel” or test drive a parishioner’s special car. They seemed actually to find it more fun that I did so than frankly I did. I am not a car enthusiast and I really can’t discern differences involving engine performance and so forth.

I would seriously doubt, given the style of habit of these Polish Sisters, that they own this car…although I have known benefactors of congregations of Religious who have donated items that were quite remarkable.

That it was being examined by four Religious but two are said (but who actually knows?) to drive it, I would find the scenario of it actually being theirs unlikely. I never examined a car I owned once I had purchased it…unless I was checking to see if it had been damaged.

 

[Rosebud77]

They are nuns, which means that they always under a religious order.
What kind of religious order would need a BMW i8 to spread the words of Jesus ?

why assume and think the worst? Nuns have to shop etc and sometimes are given or left a car by a grateful person. They then cannot refuse it and will use it to save having to buy a car. MYOB time I think…

PS I have a “new” car coming soon, a kind gift form distant family who know the work I do etc. No idea what make etc yet! This has happened before thankfully…

 

[JanetF]

Whatever is donated to him by the parishoner/car dealership LOL

 

[beebeechan]

First of all, we do not know that they are nuns of a religious order. They are more likely Sisters of a congregation of active Religious or other institute of consecrated life than nuns of an order. That point aside…

Did you read the article…which is a generous term for so few words posted?

All that can actually be said of the photo is that two Sisters are examining the car, which is in the church parking lot at the time of a wedding. It is unknown who owns this car.

As a priest, I have been invited to “get behind the wheel” or test drive a parishioner’s special car. They seemed actually to find it more fun that I did so than frankly I did. I am not a car enthusiast and I really can’t discern differences involving engine performance and so forth.

I would seriously doubt, given the style of habit of these Polish Sisters, that they own this car…although I have known benefactors of congregations of Religious who have donated items that were quite remarkable.

That it was being examined by four Religious but two are said (but who actually knows?) to drive it, I would find the scenario of it actually being theirs unlikely. I never examined a car I owned once I had purchased it…unless I was checking to see if it had been damaged.

A quote from Pope Francis in 2013:
“It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can’t do this,” he said.

“A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please, choose a more humble one. If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger in the world,” he said.

gmanetwork.com/news/popefrancis/story/316436/pope-francis-tells-priests-to-buy-humble-cars

Why Pope made such a comment?
It points to a fact that , some priests/sisters do drive car unnecessary expensive.

 

[57classic]

Our priest, God bless him, is a horrible driver. He is a foreign missionary and never drove until he came to the US 10 years ago. There are a lot of deer where we live and he has taken out several of them. There is a local car dealer that keeps older, less expensive cars in good condition just for him.

I attended a parish once who’s priest had a Harley. It was summer when I was there so I don’t know if that was all he had.

 

[Corki]

A quote from Pope Francis in 2013:
“It hurts me when I see a priest or a nun with the latest model car, you can’t do this,” he said.

“A car is necessary to do a lot of work, but please, choose a more humble one. If you like the fancy one, just think about how many children are dying of hunger in the world,” he said.

gmanetwork.com/news/popefrancis/story/316436/pope-francis-tells-priests-to-buy-humble-cars

Why Pope made such a comment?
It points to a fact that , some priests/sisters do drive car unnecessary expensive.

We hashed this out pretty thoroughly when that quote was first made public. Here in the US, it is not uncommon for priests to get their cars either free or at deep discounts from local car dealers. This is a custom that Pope Francis may have not been aware of when he made those comments (very early in his papacy). Those cars are usually late model cars. It is the more frugal option than using his own or the parish’s money to buy an older or more homely car. Not to mention the savings on repairs.

A priest has to carefully weight the appearance vs. the actual practical outcome. There is some downside in appearance to driving a new car but it that downside worth the cost expenditure of turning down the free car and buying a different car? No child dies of hunger just because a priest is driving a free, albeit new, car but some parish charities will be short of cash if the priest has to use parish money to repair an older model.

 

[beebeechan]

We hashed this out pretty thoroughly when that quote was first made public. Here in the US, it is not uncommon for priests to get their cars either free or at deep discounts from local car dealers. This is a custom that Pope Francis may have not been aware of when he made those comments (very early in his papacy). Those cars are usually late model cars. It is the more frugal option than using his own or the parish’s money to buy an older or more homely car. Not to mention the savings on repairs.

A priest has to carefully weight the appearance vs. the actual practical outcome. There is some downside in appearance to driving a new car but it that downside worth the cost expenditure of turning down the free car and buying a different car? No child dies of hunger just because a priest is driving a free, albeit new, car but some parish charities will be short of cash if the priest has to use parish money to repair an older model.

You have a very reasonable answer, if the choice is between a Camry 2016 model and a used Camry of 2000 model.

What is discussed here , is the choice between a Camry and a BMW i8. This is quite a different issue.

 

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