Sentences with phrase «taking vows of chastity»

Elizabeth led the Sisters after taking vows of chastity and obedience to Bishop Carroll, who gave her the title «Mother Seton.»

It was expected that the students leave the world and take the vows of chastity as long as they are enrolled in the school.

If a young man was a horny fellow, couldn't get sex off of his mind, taking a vow of chastity would be VERY unwise!

Shall I take a vow of chastity?

Understanding my sexuality is one of the reasons why I'm willing to take a vow of chastity for the rest of my life.

(CNN)-- Catholic nuns take a vow of chastity, so you might not think that any sister would need to be on birth control.

Among the works included in the exhibition: Katharina Fritsch's Still Life 7 (2017), in which a statue of St Aloysius, an Italian aristocrat who renounced his wealth and took a vow of chastity and poverty, is joined with an over-sized apple, a strawberry, and a seashell, which for Fritsch are female symbols, on a specially made pedestal.

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Such questions may arise because people confuse the vocation of consecrated virginity with the taking of vows of celibate chastity by religious and the consecration to celibacy of the secular priesthood.

«People are not about to take vows of poverty and chastity.»

In all ages of the church there have been ascetic and monastic movements whose members have voluntarily taken vows of abstinence, celibacy, chastity, poverty and anonymity.

The quest for holiness within the religious families taking the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, was interpreted in terms of the paradigm of other - worldly salvation.

Franciscan Whereas Keep Watch takes refuge in an overabundance of images and metaphors to make up for unsubstantial content mired in unescapable vagueness, Sr Patricia takes refuge in the idea of charism over consecration as the main aspect of religious life: «While every Christian is called to make visible the characteristic features of Jesus, Religious, through a vowed life of poverty, chastity and obedience, do this in a specific way through the charism of their Institutes» (p. 28).

They take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, and commit themselves to the way of love in a dedicated community as their sacrificial participation in the body of Christ and his service in the world.

We take vows of poverty, chastity and obedience and live in communities with one another.

Unless, of course, as I do not think is the case, Mr. Steinfels thinks that men who intend to do, and approve of doing, things that the Church teaches are gravely sinful should be allowed to take solemn vows of perfect and perpetual chastity.

In 1534 a little band of seven took the three-fold vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience.

In 1539 under authority of Henry Parliament passed a statement endorsing transubstantiation, the celibacy of the clergy, private masses, the observance of the vows of chastity taken by men and women, and auricular concession, and declaring that Communion in both kinds was not necessary.

Their members took the customary monastic vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.