Since the spring of 2019, the nuns of the Benedictine Abbey of Notre-Dame de Jouques in French Provence have been recording about six hours of music daily for the smartphone’s Neumz application.

In his letter to Cardinal Joseph Höffner for the Seventh International Congress of Sacred Music, John Paul II praised the unifying power of Gregorian chant within Catholic liturgy because of its ...

A new Gregorian chant CD by a group of Benedictine monks in Norcia, Italy, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's classical music chart last week. The album, "Benedicta," was also the top overall seller at ...

This week Continuum features early music in the form of Gregorian chants; sacred songs sung in Latin from the Roman Catholic Church (and named for Pope Gregory I). These beautiful chants, primarily ...

Edward Lally has loved traditional liturgical music ever since he attended Quigley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago in the 1960s. He did not continue on to the priesthood, but his passion for early ...

Gregorian chant has persisted for more than a thousand years, but some fear the haunting melodies are in danger of fading away. That is, unless Stanford Professor William Mahrt has a voice in the ...

The loft in London’s Westminster Abbey, where the choir sits, on April 27, 2024. The Westminster Cathedral Choir is touring the U.S. and visited Pittsburgh on April ...

On a recent Monday at the Abbey of Regina Laudis here, about 35 nuns gather in a dim chapel to chant, as they do every day at noon. Making their way through Psalm 118, the nuns sit or stand; some face ...

Dominican Sister Cecilia Joseph, school principal at St. Peter Chanel primary school in Regents Park in Sydney, said a mother told her she was enjoying the "song" her young son was learning at school.

BRATTLEBORO — St. Michael’s Catholic Church will host a weekend of Gregorian Chants with visiting organist and choir director Michael Olbash on the upcoming weekend of Aug. 4-6. Guests can register ...

The men’s choir at St. Philippine Duchesne in Westwood is called the St. Benedict’s Mens Schola. Mary Ratterman St. Philippine Duchesne For centuries, Gregorian chant was the official music of the ...