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BROTHER David Paul Lange, O.S.B. works on the corpus for the crucifix of St. Boniface Church, Cold Spring, Minnesota.
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Inspired images Members of religious communities connect beauty and the sacred— and their religious vocation with their art.
BY JOEL SCHORN
Would you ever think of art as an experience of God, or as prayer? The many sisters, brothers, and priests who are visual artists show how artistic images can reveal the divine and how creativity can be a vocation and a gift of God.
Joel Schorn is managing editor of VISION. He would like to express his profound thanks to the many communities who submitted material for this article— more than could be included in the print version. We’ve included all of the submissions in the online version of this article at Vocation-Network.org.
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Artist and monk: A common vocation “The monastic life and its contemplative flavor,” says Brother David Paul Lange, O.S.B. of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, “is very conducive to making art. For centuries monasteries have been the centers of artistic creativity where artisans and craftsmen have found a ready home. But there may be a tension between the two because as artists we are caught up in the appearance of things. But in monasteries we rely less on how things appear
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