Maher said that modern songs that cross denominational boundaries tend to be based on Bible verses. They also focus on common ...

The St. Columbanus choir endowed ”The Lord is My Light and My Salvation” with an inviting gospel feeling on All Souls` Day, but few of the parishioners joined in. Those who tried spent … ...

Like the hymn for which it is named, Lead Me, Guide Me: The African American Catholic Hymnal, first published in 1987, is a testimony to the depth and breadth of Black Catholic spirituality rising ...

In late 2020, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops—a body whose pronouncements I tend to ignore and, often, actively avoid—published a document about the use of music during the ...

“Good morning. Please open your Gather hymnal to number 611, ‘On Eagle’s Wings.’ Number six-one-one.” So many a Catholic Mass begins, prompting weary sighs from the traditionalists in ...

David Haas, a composer known for “Blest Are They,” “We Are Called,” “You Are Mine” and other favorites, has been accused of sexual abuse and harassment by multiple women, an advocacy ...

Haas, 63, is the composer of several songs included in the "Gather" hymnal published by GIA, which is among the best-selling and most used hymnals in American Catholic parishes.

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his mid-Missouri diocese. The most familiar of these: Marty Haugen's "All Are Welcome." ...

Then there were the Catholic bishops and other worshippers in the stands, hands raised in worship like Pentecostals, singing “How Great Is Our God,” a megachurch-style worship anthem, as a ...

There aren’t many songs in the Catholic tradition that work for singing in a stadium-sized event. But even more important was that all the songs during the congress, from chant and a gospel choir to ...