HEILIGENKREUZ, AUSTRIA — Working to reach No. 1 on the charts? Try praying. That’s how the monks of Heiligenkreuz Abbey found fame. Their compilation of Gregorian chants, a form of sung prayer, has ...
The last Daily Blog post focused on the ancient institution of the human family. This one deals with something not quite so ancient, but still a venerable and honored tradition: Gregorian chant. But ...
The Met Goes Oceanic, Mayan, and Edo in the Reborn Rockefeller Wing Why We Still Whisper A Case for Science as an Ally of Faith Audio By Carbonatix Fr. Cassian Folsom is the founder and prior of the ...
Syracuse -- The Gregorian Chant Schola of St. Mary's Church in Auburn will host its last sung, chanted Compline during the Advent. Compline or night prayers will be at 8 p.m. Sunday at the church, 15 ...
(RNS) A new Gregorian chant CD, "Benedicta," debuted at No. 1 on Billboard’s classical music chart last week (June 10). Why does chant have such a secular appeal? (RNS) A new Gregorian chant CD by a ...
People don't need to travel to this birthplace of St. Benedict to hear the monks sing; their chants are on a CD that’s topped the Billboard charts this summer in classical, traditional music. The ...
In a file photo, Carolyn Meub stands at Weston Priory in early August in Vermont with Benedictine brothers Richard Iaquinto, Placid Gaunay and Michael Hoveling. (Credit: Cori Fugere Urban/Vermont ...
If you want to appear the cool music lover these days, don’t talk to your friends about R&B artist Jill Scott’s latest CD “Woman,” or how music from the film “Southpaw” is burning up the Billboard ...
A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's classical music chart last week. The album, "Benedicta," was also the top overall seller at ...