Lord

By revisiting the life of my uncle, a Catholic priest, I imagined a narrative that questions faith, religion, and the powers conferred upon them.

This project began as an investigation, based on a diary found among the personal belongings of this defunct uncle. Written in 1958, at a time when he was pursuing his education at the seminary, this notebook opens with a prayer: “
Lord, I thank You for giving me a friend.”

Archival documents blend with the reminiscences of a Catholic education to create a narrative that inhabits the trouble between documentary and fiction. From this singular story, and the invisible inheritance that runs through it, Lord draws a critique of the power of the Catholic institution and its enduring hold over bodies and imaginations.