"The introduction of Gospel Music into the Catholic Church was not a hostile takeover. It was more like Pentecost with a new drum beat. As Acts 2 reminds us, when the Spirit descended, people heard ...

The next stop on the 2025-26 Great Elgin Pipe Organ Tour will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 397 Fulton St. in Elgin. The instrument featured is the church’s historic ...

Traditional holiday music, including Silent Night, filled St. Emery Catholic Church during its Christmas services even though the organ was missing an entire rank of pipes, which Anthony Procaccini, ...

I am a cradle Catholic. I was born after the Mass of St. Paul VI was already well established. I grew up familiar with hymns like On Eagle’s Wings and The King of Glory, and I enthusiastically sang ...