This online conference offers an introductory but in-depth look at the vocation of consecrated virginity: its ecclesial identification, history, spirituality, lived experience, prerequisites for admission, and requisite formation. The conference includes times of prayer, questions and answers, talks and testimonies by consecrated virgins as well as talks from our Episcopal Moderator, Bishop Earl Boyea.
Anyone with a serious interest in the vocation is invited to attend:
- Those inquiring for themselves
- Those in formation with a Diocese (applicants or candidates)
- Diocesan personnel involved in the preparation of virgins for consecration (such as delegates for consecrated life, vocation directors, or spiritual directors)
- Virgins already consecrated and seeking renewal and ongoing formation
2026 Conference
Friday to Sunday, September 4 to 6, 2026 from 1:00-6:00pm ET each day
Conference generally includes presentations on these topics:
- Overview of Vocations in the Catholic Church, and the Ecclesial Identification of the Ordo virginum
- The Liturgical Rite of Consecration and the Marian Dimension of the Vocation
- The Liturgy of the Hours and Prayer Life of the Consecrated Virgin
- Historical Aspects of the Consecration of Virgins; Virgin Saints
- Sacred Scripture and the Witness of the Ordo Virginum, in Ecclesiae sponsae imago
- Mystical Espousal to Christ, the Son of God
- Living in saeculo and in the Local Church
- Personal Testimonies of Consecrated Virgins
- Psychological Maturity for Living the Virginal Vocation
- Prerequisites for Admission to the Virginal Consecration
- Stages of Preparation for Admission to the Ordo virginum
- About Associations, the Ordo virginum, and Next Steps