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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

St. Ambrose on Mary, the Model for Consecrated Virgins

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Continuing in my discussion of St. Ambrose’s treatise on virginity, De Virginibus , we are now moving on to Book II of this three-part work!...
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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Is Consecrated Virginity the Same As the Single Life?

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(About the image: This is a fresco of St. Agnes, one of the most famous consecrated virgin-saints of the early Church. This fresco looks lik...
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Monday, June 29, 2009

Closing of the Year of St. Paul

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Today, the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, marks the closing of “The Year of St. Paul.” And I have to say that this was a wonderful year in wh...
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

St. Ambrose on Parents and Discernment

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In Book I, chapter 12 of De Virginibus , St. Ambrose, writing in the fourth century A.D., discusses the problems some young women of his tim...
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Thursday, June 11, 2009

Any Questions?

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If anyone—especially newer readers—has any specific questions about consecrated virginity lived in the world, please feel free to ask them i...
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Nominated

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It turns out that this year I was nominated for the Catholic New Media Awards (formerly the Catholic Blog Awards) for the first time—and in...
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Monday, May 25, 2009

Easter Bees

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In this, my blog’s latest installment of commentary on De Virginibus , St. Ambrose compares consecrated virgins to bees, taking his inspira...