LOS ANGELES — More than 70 Catholic men and women gathered from across the United States and countries abroad for an intensive week at the Sacred Music Symposium to bring alive a powerful form of ...

ON a swelteringly hot morning in this elegant capital city recently, worshippers crammed in the ornately frescoed sixth-century Anchiskhati Basilica. Women in colorful head scarves prayed and kissed ...

During the spiritually vibrant days of Sharadiya Navratri, devotees across the nation turn to the sacred verses of the Shri Durga Saptashati (Devi Mahatmya) from the Markandeya Purana to invoke the ...

“What makes music sacred?” This question opens a discussion on the role of music in worship, touching on the significance of chant sheets for altar servers at the Traditional Latin Mass and the ...

Last week, I posted a little item on The Exsultet — and by happy coincidence, the good folks at Catholic News Service have issued a series of stories and videos on the subject of Gregorian chant. It ...

The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as proper to the Roman liturgy; therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services. [Vatican Council II Constitution ...

Worshiping Goddess Durga during the auspicious festival of Sharadiya Navratri holds profound spiritual significance. According to timeless religious beliefs and traditions, the Divine Mother bestows ...

Rishitha, a young slim care centre proprietor in her mid-twenties, once called me from a bookshop, asking what kind of music she could buy to uplift herself. I suggested Sacred Chants volumes and she ...

The Gregorian chant, best known as the solemn music sung by robed monks of old, is enjoying a 21st-century revival — and the Twin Cities are at the heart of it this week. Experts and students of the ...

Her voice has been described as that of an angel. For Snatam Kaur, singing is a kind of prayer. She's known internationally for her sublime sacred chant, an ancient practice known as kirtan. One of ...

The Church acknowledges Gregorian chant as proper to the Roman liturgy; therefore, other things being equal, it should be given pride of place in liturgical services. [Vatican Council II Constitution ...