CHAPTER III POVERTY Permission of the Superiors 14Generally speaking, the confreres are not allowed, by their own will, without the permission of their legitimate Superiors, to possess or retain any temporal thing for any reason whatsoever, either with themselves or with others; to administer, use, or dispose of it; or, for any reason, to sell, receive, lend, exchange, transform, or dispense it. (C 46) CM 230 Special and General Permission 15Confreres shall make sure that they obtain special permission from their legitimate Superiors for all those actions; but they may also obtain general permission from their Superiors for some of those actions for a limited time. (C 46) CM 231 Presumed Permission 16In more urgent and unforeseen cases, a prudently presumed permission is sufficient, and any member may act on it, having considered the matter carefully before God; afterwards, he should render an account of it to his Superior. (C 46) CM 232 Gifts Given to Confreres 17Unless proven to the contrary, it is presumed that those things that are given to confreres are given in consideration of the Congregation. However, when it is obvious that something was donated in consideration of the member himself and for his use, it is permitted to comply with such an intention of the donor only if the spirit of our poverty would allow for it. (C 50) CM 282 Donations 18A donation or offering of greater value made to or for the benefit of a church or religious community, may not Consecrated Life 189
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