Faith Wed, 22 Jan 2025 22:13:23 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Musical encounter with the Divine /opinion/columnists/item/23354-musical-encounter-with-the-divine /opinion/columnists/item/23354-musical-encounter-with-the-divine

Is music part of the missionary activity of the Church? Or does it remain part of her internal life, as it were, reserved to the worship of God?

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GOWER, Mo. – Tucked away just off a rocky road is a small community of women who have chosen to retreat from the world and spend their days working in silence — except for when they are singing sacred music.

]]> rns@catholicregister.org (Religion News Service) International Sun, 01 May 2016 13:30:00 -0400 Singing does good for the soul, Pope tells young choristers /faith/item/21522-singing-does-good-for-the-soul-pope-tells-young-choristers /faith/item/21522-singing-does-good-for-the-soul-pope-tells-young-choristers

VATICAN CITY - Singing is good for one's soul and, as St. Augustine says, Christian life is not a sad path but a joyous one that is done "singing and walking," Pope Francis said.

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