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  • Home
  • About Us
    • About Us / Staff
    • Our Seminarians
    • Men & Women of the Archdiocese Entering Religious Life
    • Bethany House
    • Seminarian Poster
    • Rite of Candidacy
    • Gallery
    • Religious Life For Women
    • Religious Life For Men
    • Hermits & Consecrated Virginity
    • Secular Institutes
  • Am I Called?
    • Vocation Videos
    • Is God Calling Me? >
      • What is a vocation?
      • Steps for discernment
      • How will I know I am called?
      • Take the discernment "test"
      • Am I ready for the seminary?
    • Who Is the Priest?
    • Why Celibacy?
    • Becoming A Priest >
      • What is life like as a seminarian?
      • What does a seminarian study?
      • What is a seminarian?
    • FAQ about Priesthood
    • Next steps
    • Resources >
      • Prayers for Vocations
    • For Parents >
      • Common concerns
      • Do's and Don'ts
      • Parent to Parent
      • Parents Promoting Vocations
      • FAQ for Parents
    • SERRA
  • Contact
  • Events
    • ALL EVENTS
    • Andrew Dinner
    • Vianney Visit
    • COR JESU
    • Miriam Dinner
    • Totus Tuus
    • National Vocations Awareness Week
    • Borromeo Weekend
    • Archbishop's Discernment Retreat
    • Discernment Day with Bishop Williams
    • Women's Discernment Retreat
    • Holy Hour for Vocations

Hermits & Consecrated Virginity

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Hermits
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The Second Vatican Council acknowledged and affirmed this ancient form of consecrated life and it is described in the 1983 Code of Canon Law in this way:
‘In addition to the institutes of consecrated life, the Church recognizes the 
eremitic or anchoritic life by which the Christian faithful devote their life to the praise of God and the salvation of the world through a stricter withdrawal from the world, the silence of solitude and assiduous prayer' .

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​For further information, contact the Delegate for Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese:  Sister Carolyn Puccio, CSJ puccioc@archspm.org  651. 291.1635

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The Order of Virgins
Consecrated Virginity Lived 
in the World

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    ​In the Catholic Church, a consecrated virgin is a woman who has been consecrated by the church to a life of perpetual virginity as a spouse of Christ. Consecrated virgins are consecrated by the archdiocesan bishop according to the approved liturgical rite. The consecrated virgins are to spend their time in works of penance and mercy, in apostolic activity and in prayer, according to their state of life and spiritual gifts.
    The rite of consecration of virgins living in the world was reintroduced in 1970, under Pope Paul VI,
     
    For further information, contact the Delegate for Consecrated Life for the Archdiocese: 
    Sister Carolyn Puccio, CSJ
    puccioc@archspm.org
      651. 291.1635
    Resources
    United States Association
    ​of Consecrated Virgins website
    introduction brochure 
    the order of virgins
    archdiocese of st. Paul & Minneapolis
    Practical procedures for admission
    The order of Virgins
    ​Archdiocese of St. Paul & Minneapolis
    Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis
    Office of Vocations
    2260 Summit Avenue
    St. Paul, MN 55105
    (651)962-6890
    stpaulpriest@10000vocations.org