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Readers may also be interested in a commentary by Dr. Jeff Mirus of Catholicculture.org, which discusses the broader repercussions of raising questions about virginity as a natural foundation for the vocation of consecrated virginity.

Likewise, readers may be interested in a thesis written by Judith M. Stegman for a Master’s in Theology: “Virginal Chastity in the Consecrated Virgin.” If interested, please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. 

  • Judith M. Stegman, JCL, president, USACV
  • Dr. Magalis Aguilera, Psy. D., vice-president, USACV
  • Linda Ann Long, M.D. secretary, USACV
  • Margaret Flipp, treasurer, USACV 

Additional resources that may be of interest:

Spiritual writings on the vocation of Consecrated Virgins lived in the world

Homily of His Eminence Raymond Leo Cardinal Burke on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of consecration of Magalis Aguilera, June 24, 2011, Chapel of Blessed John Paul II, St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome”.

Sponsa Verbi: The Virgin Consecrated to Christ (Blessed Columba Marmion, 1925)

Sacra Virginitas (Sacred Virginity), Encyclical letter by Pope Pius XII,1954

Summary of Anne Laflaive: One Life for the Reawakening of a Forgotten Vocation, by Jacqueline Roux (Summarized and translated by Loretta Matulich, 2006) (PDF, 32k)

A suggested bibliography, by Loretta Matulich, 2003 (PDF, 8k)

A Patristic Lexicon (the Fathers of the Church)