RELIGIOUS LIFE
A Dominican’s day— timeless and timely Photos by Father Lawrence Lew, O.P. Text by Carol Schuck Scheiber
Fa t h e r L a w rence Lew, O.P. is a Dominican in the Priory of St. Albert the Great, where he serves as Catholic chaplain for the Universities of Edinburgh, N a p i e r, a n d Queen Margaret in Edinburgh, Scotland.
THE COMMUNITY sings as they process out of church at the end of Mass. The non-ordained brothers wear the habit from which they get their popular name in England, Blackfriars.
What is daily life like inside the church, office, and home of a religious order priest?
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HAT DOES A PRIEST in a religious order do all day? The answer varies widely, of course, depending on the person and his community. But no matter how it is answered, the real truth may be just below the surface—that is, in the deeper meaning and context of what a priest does. What is the spirit behind his prayers, the sacraments he celebrates, his teaching, his preaching? And what is his community like? How do members of the religious community guide, support, and join him in all that he does?
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