Lay brother is a largely extinct term referring to religious brothers, particularly in the Catholic Church, who focused upon manual service and secular...

Brother Lawrence of the Resurrection, OCD (c. 1614 – 12 February 1691) served as a lay brother in a Carmelite monastery in Paris. Christians commonly remember...

including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother. In both religious and wider secular usage, a layperson (also layman...

two types of monks: the choir monks, referred to as hermits, and the lay brothers. This reflects a division of labor in providing for the material needs...

accredited preachers (Great Britain) Lay presidency, celebrating the Lord's Supper while unordained Lay brother (lay sister) Lay leader Practicing without a license...

1937), commonly known as Brother André (French: Frère André) and since his canonization as Saint André of Montreal, was a lay brother of the Congregation of...

Alcalá), also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group of missionaries to the newly conquered...

study Lay judge Lay judges in Japan Laity, members of a church who are not clergy Lay brother Lay sister Lay preacher Lay apostolate Lay cardinal Lay reader...

A Religious Brother (abbreviated Br. or Bro.) is a lay member of a religious institute or religious order who commits himself to following Christ in consecrated...

"Lay Lady Lay", sometimes rendered "Lay, Lady, Lay", is a song written by Bob Dylan and originally released in 1969 on his Nashville Skyline album. Like...

of Penguin Point, including the Melsom Rocks, the Despair Rocks, and Lay-brother Rock. The island's irregular coast is indented by a great number of bays...

her mother to beg forgiveness, which she granted. He later became a lay brother in a Capuchin monastery and died in 1970. Maria was beatified in 1947...

poor, or injured Christian pilgrims to the Holy Land. Blessed Gerard, a lay brother of the Benedictine order, became its head when it was established. After...

Porres Velázquez OP (9 December 1579 – 3 November 1639) was a Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order who was beatified in 1837 by Pope Gregory XVI...

older sister, Marie-Louise, who became a Visitandine nun, and a younger brother, Isidore, who was a pharmacist. Her maternal family was from the Madré...

A fraternity (from Latin frater 'brother' and -ity; whence, "brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order...

2,883 Brothers, who helped in running 1,154 education centers in 78 countries with 1,160,328 students, together with 107,827 teachers and lay associates...

For this they developed over time a very large component of uneducated lay brothers known as conversi. In some cases, the order accepted developed land and...

model prisoner. Upon his release, he worked as a gardener, porter and lay brother in a convent of Franciscan Capuchin friars in the Marche until his death...

(Italian: Gerardo Maiella; 6 April 1726 – 16 October 1755) was an Italian lay brother of the Congregation of the Redeemer, better known as the Redemptorists...

19 May 1997), known professionally as Omah Lay, is a Nigerian singer, songwriter and record producer. Lay gained international prominence with his singles...

cities, especially in London. The two best-known hide builders are Jesuit lay brother Nicholas Owen, who worked in the South and the Midlands,: 182  and Jesuit...

to the Moors of Cordoba Saint Martin de Porres (1579–1639), Peruvian lay brother of the Dominican Order Saints Martin Tho and Martin Tinh Duc Ta, two...

O.F.M. (Portuguese: Gonçalo Garcia; 1556 – 5 February 1597), was a lay brother of the Franciscans from Portuguese Bombay and Bassein in early modern...

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Serbonnes, in today's Yonne département, in Burgundy, and became a Dominican lay brother. During the French Wars of Religion, Clément became fanatically religious...

religious life. He was refused once but later was admitted as a Franciscan lay brother and became noted for his strict austerities, as well as his love for...

Thang", and subsequent hits "Work to Do", "Lay-Away" and their cover of Carole King's "It's Too Late". The brothers also covered two more King songs including...

 1040 – 3 September 1120), known also as Gérard de Martigues, was a lay brother in the Benedictine Order who was appointed as rector of the hospice in...

Orders are referred to as lay brothers. In most monastic communities today, little distinction exists between the lay brothers and the choir monks, as they...