Let Me Be a Light

Father Ron Lawson was a Protestant for the first 25 years of his life. While serving with the US Army in Counter-Intelligence in 1959 1961, stationed in West Berlin, he felt the undeniable call to the Roman Catholic faith. Baptized and confirmed Catholic in Bavaria, he returned to the US to begin studies in the seminary to become a priest. His spiritual mentor, Maria von Trapp, was instrumental in providing support and encouragement in that journey. He became: a parish priest, high school chaplain, US Army Chaplain serving in Desert Storm, V.A. official and now Senior Priest in Residence.