Music

Musical notes: Vatican, Russian Orthodox try new path toward harmony
May 23 2010
VATICAN CITY – The gentle notes of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise” wafted through the Vatican audience hall and carried with them hopes for improved relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church.

Priest-composer of ‘On Eagle’s Wings’ sees faith with new eyes after recovery from illness
May 22 2010
ST. PAUL, Minn. – One of the duties of a priest is to minister to the sick and suffering. But when Guillain-Barre syndrome paralyzed Father Jan Michael Joncas and brought him close to death in 2003, the well-known liturgical music composer suddenly found himself on the receiving end of a ministry he knew well.

Armies of volunteers help Tennessee residents facing long recovery
May 20 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Armies of volunteers continued to canvass devastated neighborhoods in middle Tennessee to clean up the wreckage as the floodwaters recede, and residents faced a long road to recovery.

Catholic funeral said for groundbreaking singer-actress Lena Horne
May 19 2010
NEW YORK – Lena Horne, the groundbreaking African-American singer-actress, received a Catholic funeral May 14 at a church on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

Maryvale honors late student, breaks ground on projects
May 17 2010
As a warm, spring sun shined upon their faces May 14, Bill and Maria McCarthy wondered why they were being summoned by Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Shawn Marie McGuire, the headmistress of Maryvale Preparatory School in Brooklandville.

Program helps students deal with challenges of sexting, Internet abuses
May 09 2010
WEST CHESTER, Pa. – Sister Margaret Rose Adams, a Sister of the Immaculate Heart of Mary who is principal of SS. Simon and Jude School in West Chester, feels pretty comfortable around technology.

Middle Tennessee begins long recovery from floods
May 06 2010
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – More than 15 inches of rain fell in some areas of middle Tennessee as May began, causing unprecedented flood damage in the area and killing at least 19 people.

Bradley has Loyola Blakefield in good hands
Apr 29 2010
What do Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and the best lacrosse goalies in the land have in common?

Parents in USCCB-commissioned poll express concern over media content
Apr 28 2010
WASHINGTON – Parents are concerned about the content of the media to which their children are exposed and are eager to exert more control over that exposure.

Catholics pay respects to Archbishop Borders
Apr 23 2010
When Deacon Richard Novak was preparing to become a deacon, meeting Archbishop William D. Borders for a formal face-to-face “call to holy orders” was one of the most nerve-wracking parts of his formation.

Reflections of a neophyte
Apr 22 2010
Though baptized Presbyterian as an infant, I grew up without any discussion of, or experience with, Christianity at home. But I always believed in a higher order of things, and had a sense that this higher order was a benevolent force. In my late 20s, I began to understand that having faith in a power greater than myself was essential to my well-being.

Young people ask pope for guidance in facing their fears, doubts
Apr 19 2010
VALLETTA, Malta – In an unexpected display of honesty and frankness, five young Maltese men and women spoke to Pope Benedict XVI about their hopes, doubts and fears as well as the contradictions they sense within the Catholic Church.

Cash, status lure youths to drug trade in troubled parts of Mexico
Apr 07 2010
APATZINGAN, Mexico - Father Javier Cortes vividly recalls being approached recently with an unusual request by a group of teenagers in this agricultural town 300 miles west of Mexico City.

1,400 pilgrims called to carry on Jesus' mission
Mar 29 2010
Claire Posey was curious March 27 as 1,400 people filed onto a field at St. Mary's Spiritual Center and Historical Site for the 17th annual Archdiocesan Youth and Young Adult Pilgrimage.

‘The Faithful Traveler’ comes to Baltimore
Mar 22 2010
Diana von Glahn admits her method can be “pretty random” for picking pilgrimage sites to feature on “The Faithful Traveler,” her new EWTN television show.