Q: TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOU. I grew up outside of Ashland, OH, but spent my adult life in this archdiocese’s northern area. My undergraduate degree is in music education, and I moved to this area when I was hired to teach band and choir. After a few years, …

In 1997, Pope John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in the consecrated life.  In Vita Consecrata, Pope John Paul II describes various forms of the consecrated life:  the monastic life in the East and West, the Order of Virgins, Institutes completely devoted to contemplation, …