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Music the string that connects violinist to her Catholic faith
After the 2019 bushfires, the landscape around Bianca Porcheddu’s home in Malua Bay, New South Wales, was stripped bare. Not knowing what else to do, the professional violinist picked up her instrument and played Bach amongst the blackened trees. Source: Catholic Voice.
Bublé calls meeting Pope ‘one of the greatest moments of my life’
Michael Bublé called meeting Pope Leo XIV on Friday “one of the greatest moments of my life”, adding that as he prepared to headline the Vatican’s annual Christmas concert for the poor, he hoped his example will encourage more people to speak openly about their faith. Source: CNA.
Annual service celebrates role of music in worship
Sacred music filled St Patrick’s Cathedral, Parramatta, as church musicians from across Australia gathered for the Guild of Church Musicians’ annual festival service. Source: Catholic Outlook.
Festival of song celebrates Jubilee of Choirs
Musicians, choristers and parishioners from across Sydney celebrated the Jubilee of Choirs with a combined festival of song on the Solemnity of Christ the King. Source: Broken Bay News.
Rock and roll hermit in tune with his faith
Fr Maximilian Mary Dean spends his days as a hermit in the hills of southern Pennsylvania celebrating Mass, praying the Liturgy of the Hours, reciting the Rosary – and recording rock music. Source: National Catholic Register.
Cathedral choir to hit historic new note this Christmas
Musical and spiritual history will be made at Sydney’s Carols at the Cathedral concert this Christmas when, for the first time in its 200-year-tradition, the St Mary’s Cathedral Choir will include girl choristers alongside their boy chorister peers, after the college went co-ed. Source: Catholic Weekly.
Conference explores role of liturgy and music in Church’s mission
The central place of liturgy in the Church’s mission and how music serves as a vital expression of the Church’s sacred rites across cultures were explored at the National Liturgy and Music Conference in Adelaide. Source: National Liturgical Council.
Conference in the key of ‘sacrament and song’
Visitors from the United States and Fiji were among more than 400 delegates who attended the first day of a major music and liturgy conference in Adelaide yesterday. Source: The Southern Cross.
Christendom’s oldest organ pipes sound again after 800 years
After 800 years of silence, the pipes from the oldest organ in Christendom played again at Jerusalem’s Franciscan Monastery of St Saviour, showcasing the unique sound of an 11th-century liturgical chant. Source: Catholic Review.