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New from Catholic Singer/Songwriter Audrey Assad: Evergreen
A new album from Catholic singer/songwriter Audrey Assad releases tomorrow, February 23. I’ve been listening to Evergreen for the past few weeks, and I’m convinced that its early-Lent timing is...
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An Interview with Hope Schneir: Singer-Songwriter, Wife, and Mother of 8
Copyright 2018 Emily Jaminet. All rights reserved. Typically in March while my husband and sons start to watch March Madness Basketball, I compile a playlist that I call “Mama’s March Madness Mix” and...
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Praying Twice: Imagining Heaven
Image copyright 2018 Barb Szyszkiewicz. All rights reserved. This is the first in a series of monthly musical reflections. St. Augustine is credited with characterizing singing as “praying twice.” With...
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Praying Twice: Handel's "Hallelujah Chorus" from "Messiah"
Image copyright 2018 Barb Szyszkiewicz. All rights reserved. If you’ve ever been in a choir, you’ve sung the “Hallelujah Chorus.” In high school I recall the audience standing whenever it was sung and...
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Praying Twice: Agnus Dei by Michael John Poirier
Image copyright 2018 Barb Szyszkiewicz. All rights reserved. Every Tuesday I go to church for the Eucharist to bring to my homebound friend; I’ve been doing this for eight years. Our parish has...
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Praying Twice: Holy Darkness by John Michael Talbot
Image copyright 2018 Barb Szyszkiewicz. All rights reserved. “Holy darkness, blessed night Heaven’s answer hidden from our sight As we await you, O God of silence We embrace your holy night.” How many...
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I Have To Say I Love You In A Song
Copyright 2018 Susan Anderson. All rights reserved. The last chick is flying off to college. I’m so excited for her, yet “Don’t tell my heart, my achy, breaky, heart. I just don’t think it’d...
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Praying Twice: Gregorian Chant
Image copyright 2018 Barb Szyszkiewicz. All rights reserved. Recently I made a silent retreat at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, MA, home of the Trappist monks. The retreat only lasted a weekend and...
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Praying Twice: "Whisper Your Love, Lord" by Carey Landry
Image copyright 2018 Barb Szyszkiewicz. All rights reserved. The Lord said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the presence of the Lord, for the Lord is about to pass by.” Then a great and powerful...
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Media Nuns Light Up Christmas with "Glorious Night" Coast-to-Coast Musical Tour
Copyright 2017 The Daughters of St. Paul. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Tickets on sale for the Real Sister Act for concerts in New York, Boston, St. Louis, Cleveland, New Orleans,...
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Netherlands-Based Band Trinity Tapped For 2019 World Youth Day Performance In...
Courtesy of The Fuel Music. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Awards-winning, Netherlands-based, eclectic worship band Trinity announces the release of its second North American single,...
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Catholic Artist Matt Maher Joins Lineup for The Roadshow Tour in Spring 2019
Copyright 2018 Compassion LIVE. All rights reserved. Used with permission. The Roadshow Tour celebrates its 10th anniversary this year! Welcoming thousands of fans to arenas for a decade, “The...
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Cross and Light, Musical Depicting the Early Church, to be Produced as a Film
Copyright 2019 Kelly Nieto (Nieto Productions). All rights reserved. Used with permission. Multiple Grammy Award Winner, Michael Omartian, to Produce Motion Picture Soundtrack for Cross and Light: The...
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"Mother Mary Comes to Me"
By Ken and Nyetta – Flickr: The Beatles on Green Hill in Almaty, CC BY 2.0, Link The other day I was listening to a local radio station playing an “oldies song,” suggesting it was one of the biggest...
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Authentic Artist, Authentic Disciple
Copyright 2019 Brian K. Kravec. All rights reserved. Father Kevin McGoldrick grew up in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was ordained in 2003. He’s been a priest for 16 years and a musician for...
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Music for Prayer: Making daily life a mini-retreat
Copyright 2019 Michael Corsini. All rights reserved. You know what music is? God’s little reminder that there’s something else besides us in this universe; harmonic connection between all living...
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Finding Himself -- and God -- in the Music
I can still vividly remember him walking into the house holding his shiny, brand-new red guitar. A cautious smile decorated his sweet face, as if to try and curb the excitement he saw plastered across...
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The Art of Faith with tiSpark and St. Gianna
Copyright 2019 Tianna Williams. All rights reserved. Used with permission. Not long ago, I enjoyed an intimate kitchen conversation with dear friends, fellow CatholicMom contributor and author,...
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Piano Playing Duo’s Music Inspired by Faith and Family
Image credit: Copyright 2020 The Piano Brothers. Used with permission. All rights reserved. Tim and Ryan O’Neill are nationally known pianists who credit much of their success to the encouragement and...
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St. Gianna and The Gift that Keeps on Giving
Copyright 2019 Tianna Williams. Used with permission. All rights reserved. St. Gianna Beretta Molla is the first married woman to be canonized as a saint in modern times. As the patron saint of...
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