Educating, Inspiring, and Motivating Christian Women

Mechthild of Magdeburg

Posted on: December 22, 2020

  Christian Women in the 13th Century – Part 3 Introduction: These last few months we have looked at some amazing lives of the Christian women who lived during the Middle Ages. These women all sought to grow closer to God and to follow in the footsteps of the Savior...

Posted on: August 10, 2016

Other women sought the safety and protection of a cloister to serve Christ. The monastic movement had begun centuries earlier. It went through many changes. In the Middle Ages many monasteries followed the order of St. Benedict. They took vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The nuns who lived in...