 On the night of Palm Sunday, 28 March 1212, Clare clandestinely left her family's palace.Francis received her at the Porziuncola and thereby established the Order of Poor Ladies.This was an Order for women, and he gave Clare a religious habit, or garment, similar to his own, before lodging her in a nearby monastery of Benedictine nuns until he could provide a suitable retreat for her, and for her younger sister, Caterina, and the other young women who had joined her.