Be Careful What You Ask For (And Who You Ask It From)

The youth chastity movement, it seems, has a goddess saint, by the name of Karolina Kozka, a young teenage girl from Poland who was murdered while resisting rape by a Russian soldier in 1898. She was beatified by John Paul II twenty years ago or so, and so she is now the go-to protectress of teenage chastity.One such group that turns to her in such matters is The Silver Ring.

According to Beatroot, the movement has gravitated beyond the US, and is starting up now in Poland.

Beatroot explains in this post how it seems the Church, at least as far as this movement is concerned, has an uphill battle in his adopted country.

I have to wonder about the Church's choice for a saint to guide this movement. Are they sure Karoline died a virgin? Are they sure she was a virgin by conscious choice even if she did die a virgin?

Let's suppose she wasn't a virgin. Imagine here for a moment that she had sexual urges and fantasies, and would have gladly given in to under the right circumstances, without benefit of marriage. Does it necessarily follow that she would have had no problem being molested by a Russian soldier?

Do they suppose that, if she had not resisted rape by the occupying soldier, that would have made her "damaged goods"-maybe even a "whore"?

There have been a lot of teenage boys and girls that have worn the silver ring, or otherwise made similar vows of chastity, that have reneged on them under the right circumstances.

Who knows but that maybe Karoline is reliving her life through them, let us say, somewhat vicariously?