She is both a Consecrated Virgin and a pop star.

These were consecrated virgins, nuns or unmarried women known for a life in chastity.

About 1,400 consecrated virgins live in other countries, Ms. Matulich said.

In it the author lays down the rules according to which cloistered consecrated virgins should regulate their lives.

Consecrated virgins have no formal obligations besides daily prayer, but they typically engage in service to the church.

Including his reputation anent Rome's most precious possession, her consecrated virgins.

There are also four religious brothers, 31 permanent deacons, five hermits and three consecrated virgins.

Tradition also has it that the Apostle Matthew consecrated virgins.

Consecrated virgins are women who take a vow of lifelong chastity in service of the Church.

Consecrated virgins pledge to follow Jesus Christ more closely.

He was accompanied on his voyage by a number of consecrated virgins, among these Saint Triduana.

Its missionaries derive from the longstanding role of consecrated virgins committed to lives of mercy, prayer and apostolic work.

She met only two until she attended an international conference of consecrated virgins in 1995 in Rome, which led to the start of her organization.

However, for the purposes of consecrated virgins it is canonically enough that they have never been married or lived in open violation of chastity.

Consecrated virgins should not be confused with consecrated hermits and anchorites, who have a different vocation.

Consecrated virgins belong to consecrated life.

Addressing consecrated virgins he wrote: "The first decree commanded to increase and to multiply; the second enjoined continency."

Two similar versions were prepared, one for women living in monastic orders, another for consecrated virgins living in the world.

"When I talk to groups about consecrated virgins living in the world, I sometimes see lay people snickering, even in church circles.

Like Ms. Stegman, who is an accountant and president of her firm, many consecrated virgins mix lives of devotion with secular jobs.

Consecrated virgins have come from all walks of life and their numbers include a Doctor of the Church, St. Hildegard.

Celibacy as a vocation may be independent from religious vows (as is the case with consecrated virgins, ascetics and hermits).

Instead of retiring as a wealthy widow, however, she joined a convent of consecrated virgins in the city-shedding all the money and social standing she possessed.

Constance is a consecrated Virgin, while Gallicanus is the Commander-in-Chief of Constantine's army.

Everywhere he ordained clergymen, induced women to live in holy widowhood and continence, consecrated virgins to Christ, and founded monasteries, not without many persecutions.