A member of SS. Simon and Jude Parish in West Chester, Settle said she had thought about getting married and having children. But the Cedar Falls, Iowa, native said she realized she was called to a different vocation. "I think the beauty of celibacy in the church is that it's not a negation of marriage and family," she said. "It's really raising up marriage and family to say it's so precious that we're willing to give it up to be of service."