NEW YORK -- At the bridal shop, the saleswomen were puzzled. Angela Scannapieco didn't want to register. Junette Romero didn't want a consultant. Both women were buying dresses, but not for a regular ...

DETROIT — Amanda Ross and Hanan Ismail lay prostrate before Christ in the Eucharist at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit and vowed themselves to the Lord as consecrated virgins.

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 ...

Mary Del Olmo looked out onto the shore of Lake Dallas during a 2012 spiritual retreat when she was reminded of a prayer she made to God as a teenager: If she wasn’t married by the time she was 30 ...

A 41-year-old coffee shop owner in Waukesha, Wisconsin, has decided to take vows as a consecrated virgin. Eileen Belongea learned about this vocation in 1999 while visiting one of her sisters, who is ...

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, ...

CHICAGO -- Theresa Ann Marie Drajin walked down the aisle of Holy Name Cathedral in a white dress and left the church with a gold ring on her finger. But it wasn't your typical wedding because her ...

Judith Stegman wants to reclaim the word “virgin” from jokes, satire and stigma. When people ask whether she’s married, the 49-year-old Haslett resident replies, “Yes, and no.” “I’m not married to a ...

Jessica Hayes, an Indiana high school teacher, married the love of her life on August 15th, in a touching albeit irregular ceremony. Contrary to what one might expect, Hayes was not marrying a ...

SAUGUS, Mass. — Judith Stegman, owner of a tax and accounting firm in Lansing, Mich., doesn't mince words when describing her vocation. “I'm a consecrated virgin,” she says. Even in Catholic circles, ...

The consecrated virgin Dagny Kjaergaard is one of those figures whose influence over the Church is hidden but pervasive. Now that she has departed this life, this fact is sure to be recognized more ...

When she stands at the altar of her East Aurora church this morning in a white silk gown and veil, Lori Rose Cannizzaro won't be exchanging vows with a tuxedoed fiance. Quite the contrary. Cannizzaro, ...