NEW YORK – When Joseph Oden performs in parish choirs, he said he lets the spirit move him – sometimes he’ll cry, sometimes he’ll dance. Other times, like at the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Black ...
Pope Leo XIV praised the “precious” ministry of liturgical music and told choir members that their service at the altar must ...
The undulating, ethereal vocalizations of a choir of men chanting melodies in Greek seem to transcend space and time, sweeping back the veil separating Heaven and Earth. It could have be ...
The angelic choirs must sound something like this, full-throated in song: four strands of voice — soprano, alto, tenor, bass — weaving toward the same destination along different roads of melody. The ...
As the sound of drums, tambourines and Swahili hymns reverberated through St. Andrew's Church, Elizabeth Muturi and fellow parishioners swayed their arms and hips, dancing down the aisle with the Book ...
NORRISTOWN — To celebrate the contributions of the Black and African American members of St. Patrick’s faith community, the choir is inviting all to a spirit-filled Mass featuring the renowned ...
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — In a newly filed federal lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, SS Columba-Brigid Catholic Church, and Fr. William Jud Weiksnar, the former choir director of ...
ROCKFORD, Ill. -- When the choir rose to sing Sunday at Holy Family Catholic Parish, it wasn't part of the program. It was a protest. The firing of a gay music director has split the congregation at ...