Saturday, May 18, 2013

Catholic Culture: Beguines

Ladies, is this your vocation?

The last one, from the Belgian Congo, just passed away in Belgium.  

"Beguines pursued a vocation different from that offered by either marriage or the convent: the ability to earn one’s own living while caring for the disadvantaged 'in the world' rather than sequestered from it."

 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/10062339/Marcella-Pattyn.html

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