St. Macrina the Younger
Catholic Saints
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Women's Monasticism in the Early Church
The early church was more about inviting people into your home or into your state rather than divesting yourself of all their property. And I think it's kind of interesting for us today to think about that kind of monastic life because we're more familiar maybe with sort of St. Francis of Assisi who gives everything away and lives a life of poverty. "I wonder if it wasn't modeled on the early church, these small communities working out of their own homes"
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