Explore your 7 branches of virtue through an ancient Catholic framework. Growth in virtue begins with the humility to recognize you need to grow — rooted in the Catholic intellectual tradition.
900 Years of Wisdom
In the 12th century, Hugh of St. Victor mapped the spiritual life as a living tree — rooted in Humility, with seven great branches, one for each Theological and Cardinal Virtue, and individual sub-virtues as the fruit each branch bears. The model draws on Aristotle's golden mean, Aquinas's systematic moral theology, and St. Bernard's contemplative tradition.
This is not abstract theology. It is a practical framework for understanding where your moral character is strong and where it needs cultivation in the virtues. VirTrue brings this ancient map into the modern world — built on the VirTrue podcast's virtue formation model, trusted by 12,000+ subscribers.
"The fruit of the tree of virtues is the contemplation of truth, in which the soul finds its highest joy." — Hugh of St. Victor, De Fructibus Carnis et Spiritus
The Seven Branches
Explore your 7 branches of virtue through an ancient Catholic framework — each branch a distinct path of spiritual growth, with its own sub-virtues to discover and cultivate.
How It Works
Thoughtful questions rooted in Scripture and Tradition. Results you can actually pray through.
Reflect on your daily habits and choices. Scenario-based questions drawn from Catholic moral tradition. You're not trying to pick the right answer; you're looking for the honest one.
Your results map onto Hugh of St. Victor's virtue tree, revealing which virtues are flourishing and which branches need tending.
See where you sit on the spectrum between the vices of deficiency and vices of excess, and then receive personalized growth steps for the sub-virtues that need the most attention.
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