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Arts & Culture

‘Silent Night’ put town on map; chapel memorializing carol draws tourists

December 24, 2022
By Ann M. Augherton
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, World News

The Christmas song “Stille Nacht” (“Silent Night”) may have put the town of Oberndorf, Austria, on the map, but it’s the chapel memorializing the beloved carol that is the town’s main attraction.

St. Bernardine music director Tony Small named finalist for Grammy Award

December 19, 2022
By Gerry Jackson
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

The Recording Academy and Grammy Museum announced Dec. 19 that Tony Small, the director of music at St. Bernardine in West Baltimore, has been named a finalist for the recording industry’s prestigious Music Educator Award.

Pope returns Parthenon marbles in Vatican collection to Greece

December 16, 2022
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Expressing his desire to bear witness to “the truth,” Pope Francis is returning three marble fragments that were originally from the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, according to the Vatican.

‘O Holy Night’ tops all hymns used in churches in December, according to poll

December 6, 2022
By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Feature, News, World News

The Christmas carol “O Holy Night” ranked first in a list of hymns most played in December at Christian churches in the United States.

Emmet Cahill to perform in Baynesville

December 1, 2022
By Catholic Review Staff
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Christmas, Local News, News

Emmet Cahill, an Irish tenor featured in the Celtic Thunder singing group, will perform a special “Christmas in Ireland” concert Dec. 4 at Immaculate Heart of Mary in Baynesville.

Rock-solid plans: Cockeysville church set to begin $6.5 million restoration

December 1, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News

More than 160 years after Irish and Italian immigrants extracted marble from a local quarry and used it to construct St. Joseph Church in the Texas enclave of Baltimore County, parish leaders are following in their founding parishioners’ footsteps.

Choral project explores how major religions welcome immigrants, refugees

October 21, 2022
By Maria Wiering
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News

After creating an interfaith choir to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation at the Vatican in 2018, the Together in Hope Project choir has a new choral project that explores major faiths’ traditions of welcoming the refugee, immigrant and outcast.

Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is ‘monument of humanity,’ says architect

October 14, 2022
By Mark Zimmermann
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, News, World News

The Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris is “a monument of humanity,” French architect Philippe Villeneuve told a Washington audience.

Musical duo began with Catholic school experience

September 18, 2022
By Joshua Schipper
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Schools

The Bergamot, the husband and wife musical duo of Nathaniel Hoff and Jillian Speece, took root at Marian High School in the early 2000s.

Catholic High launches all-girls marching band

September 9, 2022
By George P. Matysek Jr.
Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Zachary Davis is leading a 20-member marching band at The Catholic High School of Baltimore that includes some students who are just learning to play instruments.

St. Bernardine music director nominated for Grammy

September 7, 2022
By Nancy Menefee Jackson
Special to the Catholic Review
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Troy Smith, the recently hired director of music at St. Bernardine Parish in West Baltimore, needs to update his résumé; he’s been nominated as a quarterfinalist for a 2023 Grammy music educator award.

Dominican Sisters’ COVID-19 art exhibit memorializes pandemic deaths

September 4, 2022
By Gabriella Patti
Catholic News Service
Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Coronavirus, Feature, News, World News

The “Art in the Time of COVID” exhibit featured a variety of art styles, from painting to photography to quilting, journaling and collaging and more.

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