How We Pray: “I Want My Life to Be a Prayer.”
Catholicism: Part three of series about student spirituality
By Edward A. Brown
Click on the slide show above to learn more about the Catholic faith.
On Sundays, they gather in Marsh Chapel for communal worship. Several times a day, they pray facing Mecca in a room at the George Sherman Union. On Fridays and Saturdays, they meet in Hillel House on Bay State Road, and when the seasons change, they celebrate on the lawn behind Marsh Plaza. They are the hundreds of students involved in spiritual life at Boston University, the former Methodist seminary that is now home to twenty-nine religious groups that include students of all races, nationalities, and beliefs.
In the slide show above, Renee Vyhanek (CAS’08), a member of the Boston University Catholic Center’s Student Pastoral Council, talks about how she thinks of prayer as a conversation with God that takes place throughout her day.
Click here to see part four of the series, How We Pray: “Self-Reflection Brought Me to My Faith,” as Amber Dame (SED’09), a member of Nemeton, the University’s Wiccan alliance, talks about how her group’s rituals represent a way to show gratitude.