Radical Love

By Toni Greaves

A photojournalist documents a young woman’s journey as joins a New Jersey convent to become a nun.

The sudden revelation of a powerful religious calling was an entirely unexpected event in the life of a college student named Lauren. But when it became clear to her that she had a spiritual vocation, she made the exceptional decision to dedicate her life to God. Drawing upon many visits to the cloistered religious community of Dominican nuns in Summit, New Jersey, photographer Toni Greaves has created a luminous body of work that follows the transformative journey by which Lauren became Sister Maria Teresa of the Sacred Heart. These meditative photographs capture the radical joy of a life dedicated unequivocally to love.

“Toni Greaves’s luminous images marry the quotidian with the divine in all sorts of ways: a young novice dribbles a basketball in full habit; a jar of Vick’s VapoRub nestles a bottle of holy water; a group portrait of all 19 sisters, whose ages range from 25 to 90, includes Sabina, the golden retriever, splayed flat on the floor.” —New York Times

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Sep 29, 2015
• ISBN: 9781452143835

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"When I was discerning what I should do with my life

I saw that none of it was enough, none of it would fulfill me,

and I had to give myself more radically to God."

— Sister Lauren

Text and photography copyright © 2015 by Toni Greaves.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher.

ISBN: 978-1-4521-4383-5 (epub, mobi)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data available.

ISBN: 978-1-4521-1940-3 (hc)

Creative direction by Toni Greaves

www.tonigreaves.com

Design by Victoria Forrest

www.designbyvictoria.com

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www.radicallove.com

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