Features Wed, 22 Jan 2025 15:38:00 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Choir lifts voices up from around the world /features/christmas/item/37512-choir-lifts-voices-up-from-around-the-world /features/christmas/item/37512-choir-lifts-voices-up-from-around-the-world

A multicultural and multi-generational Advent concert highlighted the increasing diversity of the parish community at Christ the King Parish in Regina.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Christmas Fri, 20 Dec 2024 10:22:53 -0500
'The Singing Priest' to take Moncton stage /item/37250-the-singing-priest-to-take-moncton-stage /item/37250-the-singing-priest-to-take-moncton-stage

"Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen, "Everybody Hurts" by R.E.M., plus many more songs and a few “yarns and jokes in between.” This is what Fr. Ray Kelly, affectionately dubbed “The Singing Priest,” will serve up at his first-ever Canadian concert at The Riverview Arts Centre in Greater Moncton, N.B., Oct. 22.

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Canada Tue, 15 Oct 2024 10:09:31 -0400
Country star Craig MorganƵapp journey of faith /features/arts/item/36275-country-star-craig-morgan-s-journey-of-faith /features/arts/item/36275-country-star-craig-morgan-s-journey-of-faith

As country star Craig Morgan looks back on his life, from his military service to his multi-decade music career, he said one thing has always remained the same.

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Music News Thu, 21 Dec 2023 10:13:20 -0500
Rock starƵapp reconciliation legacy a hit /features/item/35498-rock-star-s-reconciliation-legacy-a-hit /features/item/35498-rock-star-s-reconciliation-legacy-a-hit

The legacies of late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie and Chanie Wenjack, an Anishnawbe boy who never came home from residential school, are helping to transform Catholic education for the better.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Catholic Education Wed, 03 May 2023 13:54:10 -0400
Steve Bell back in his performing element /features/christmas/item/35083-steve-bell-back-in-his-performing-element /features/christmas/item/35083-steve-bell-back-in-his-performing-element

Canadian Christian singer-songwriter Steve Bell is back on the road and sharing his music with live audiences for the first time in two-and-a-half years. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Christmas Thu, 22 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0500
Teacher MikeAll uses hip hop culture to help students find voice /item/34542-teacher-mikeall-uses-hip-hop-culture-to-help-students-find-voice /item/34542-teacher-mikeall-uses-hip-hop-culture-to-help-students-find-voice

In Michael GrandsoultƵapp eighth grade classroom, students are encouraged to use music and rhymes to tell the story of their lives.

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waclarke@catholicregister.private (Wendy-Ann Clarke, The Catholic Register) Features Fri, 24 Jun 2022 08:31:07 -0400
Inner child takes Kat Higgins to NashvilleƵapp heights /features/arts/item/33937-inner-child-takes-kat-higgins-to-nashville-s-heights /features/arts/item/33937-inner-child-takes-kat-higgins-to-nashville-s-heights

Singer songwriter Kat Higgins has finally discovered her Vancouver voice, and it only took relocating to Nashville a decade ago to find it.

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Music News Wed, 19 Jan 2022 12:30:57 -0500
Speaking Out: Spread light to counter darkness /item/32969-speaking-out-spread-light-to-counter-darkness /item/32969-speaking-out-spread-light-to-counter-darkness

On March 26, our popular culture evidently took one more step towards a state of depravity with the release of  “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)by Lil Nas X, a rapper known for his unorthodox rap/pop crossovers and his openly homosexual identity.

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YSN: Speaking Out Wed, 14 Apr 2021 13:28:44 -0400
Speaking Out: Mining the soul in pop music /item/32670-speaking-out-mining-the-soul-in-pop-music /item/32670-speaking-out-mining-the-soul-in-pop-music

ManƵapp search for God lies at the very core of the soul. So it comes as no surprise that God can be found in art that springs forth from that powerful place of divine recollection: music.

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YSN: Speaking Out Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:40:53 -0500
Ingenuity shines through for Catholic music class /item/32563-ingenuity-shines-through-for-catholic-music-class /item/32563-ingenuity-shines-through-for-catholic-music-class

In a year when everything was virtually, uhhhh, virtual, Michael Paglia and his music students at All Saints Catholic Secondary School in Whity, Ont., were honoured for their contribution to this virtual reality. 

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qamundson@catholicregister.private (Quinton Amundson, The Catholic Register) Youth Speak News Wed, 06 Jan 2021 12:47:12 -0500