# Consecrated Virgins ## Catechism of the Catholic Church Women who have decided with the Church's approval to cling only to the Lord and to live in a state of virginity "for the sake of the kingdom of heaven" and are consecrated in that state by a solemn rite ([[1.2.3.9.p2a#^ccc-922|922]]-[[1.2.3.9.p2a#^ccc-924|924]]).