Consecrated Virginity

IN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH

Vocational Resources

USACV Video/DVD Consecrated Virginity in Today's Church

USACV Retreat Gatherings & Information Conferences

(order forms for audiotape recordings of presentations)

USACV Information Packet (24k, PDF)

Excerpts from Vocational Packet (73k, PDF)

USACV Brief Reference for Discernment

Newspaper Stories

Vita Consecrata Institute

This program of graduate studies centers on various aspects of the theology of the consecrated life, as reflected in the mission and life of the Church. The Vita Consecrata Institute, held each summer, is an intense, yet rewarding, academic program rooted in the documents of the Second Vatican Council, the magisterial teaching of Pope John Paul II, and the rich historic tradition of the Roman Catholic Church. The Vita Consecrata program is designed to be ideal for priests, religious and other consecrated persons wishing to pursue further academic studies, those interested in a brief sabbatical experience, religious in formation, and those preparing for perpetual vows. 

Other Resources

Addresses and Works by Pope Benedict XVI

Sponsa Verbi: The Virgin Consecrated to Christ, by Blessed Columba Marmion, 1925

• Chapter 1 (.pdf, 32k)
• Chapter 2 (.pdf, 12K)
• Chapter 3 (.pdf, 24K)
• Chapter 4 (.pdf, 19K)
• Chapter 5 (.pdf, 15K)

Sacra Virginitas (Sacred Virginity), Encyclical letter by Pope Pius XII,1954 (offsite link)

Rite of Consecration of a Virgin for Women Living in the World, by the Sacred Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments (.pdf, 28k)

Consecration of Virgins, by Father Bernard Hwang, S.T.D. (.pdf, 34k)

Consecration of Virgins, by Father Roland Behrendt, O.S.B. (.pdf, 52k)

Consecration of Virgins (excerpts), by Father Paschal Botz, O.S.B. (.pdf, 26K)

Consecration, Personal, by N. Lohkamp, New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967 (.pdf, 4k)

Nuns, by A. Vermeersch, The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1911. (.pdf, 32k)

Virginity, by A. Vermeersch, The Catholic Encyclopedia, 1912. (.pdf, 12k)

Virginity, by P. T. Camelot, New Catholic Encyclopedia, 1967 (.pdf, 20k)

Christian Virgins and Ascetics, by Jordan Aumann, O.P., Christian Spirituality in the Catholic Tradition, 1985 (.pdf, 8k)

Consecrated Virgins for Today’s Church by Sr. Sharon Holland, I.H.M., Consecrated Life, 2002 (.pdf, 32k)

May Christ Be Your Total and Exclusive Love, by Pope John Paul II, 1995 (.pdf, 9k)

Consecrated Women Faithfully Serve Christ, by Pope John Paul II, 2003 (.pdf, 9k)

Consecrated Virginity: A Notebook of Meditations, by Father Harold Fuchs, O.S.B. (.pdf, 31k)

Virgins and Virgin/Martyr Saints of the Early Centuries, by Francisco de B. Vizmanos, 1949 (.pdf, 14k)

Summary of Anne Laflaive: One Life for the Reawakening of a Forgotten Vocation, by Jacqueline Roux (Summarized and translated by Loretta Matulich, 2006) (.pdf, 32k)

A suggested bibliography, by Loretta Matulich, 2003 (.pdf, 8k)

A Patristic Lexicon (the Fathers of the Church)

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107 St. Ignatius of Antioch

2nd c. Acts of Paul and Thecla

258 St. Cyprian of Carthage

c. 300 St. Methodius of Olympus [coming soon!]

c. 325 Apostolic Constitutions

373 St. Athanasius of Alexandria

390 St. Gregory Nazianzen

395 St. Gregory of Nyssa

397 St Ambrose

407 St. John Chrysostom

430 St. Augustine

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