When speaking about vocational life, the first people who come to mind are often married couples, priests or nuns. Lesser known is the vocation of consecrated virginity, although it is the oldest ...

A new Vatican instruction on the role of consecrated virginity has drawn criticism from an American group, which says that a key paragraph of the document could lead to confusion. At issue is whether ...

Apr. 14—PLATTSBURGH — Mary Beth Bracy, 46, will marry Jesus Christ, immortal, Sunday at St. Peter's Church in Plattsburgh. Her parents, James and Linda Bracy, as well as her siblings, friends, and ...

Since Pope John Paul II reinstated it, 2,000 have married Christ. July 14, 2011— -- In many ways, Elizabeth Lee's consecration ceremony was similar to the wedding that every little girl dreams of ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. — The vocation Eileen Belongea will soon enter as a devout Roman Catholic — consecrated virgin, living in the world — evokes images of ancient civilizations and early Christianity. Yet, ...

ROME — Celebrated annually on Feb. 2nd, the World Day for Consecrated Life is intended to “help the entire Church to esteem ever more greatly the witness of those persons who have chosen to follow ...

“Clearly, as it becomes known more and more, there’s been a continual increase in women who are interested in the vocation, asking about it and becoming consecrated, especially as various bishops ...

WAUKESHA, Wis. - Coffee shop operator Eileen Belongea will become a "consecrated virgin," taking on an old Roman Catholic rite that was reinstated by Pope Paul VI in 1970. The 41-year-old woman ...