Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City decreed Oct. 28 that a dozen hymns no longer be used at churches in his ...

Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of Jefferson City, who earlier prohibited specific hymns and composers, has now issued a new decree ...

Less than a week after the bishop of Jefferson City, Missouri, blacklisted a dozen liturgical hymns, he rescinded the decree.

The Catholic Church has a long and beautiful tradition of music and singing in the liturgy, and of assessing hymns according ...

In his original decree, dated Oct. 24, Bishop W. Shawn McKnight of the Diocese of Jefferson City listed a dozen commonly used ...

The upright piano was old and out of tune, but James Linzey couldn’t resist the urge to stop and touch the keys. Sitting in the former Dalton gang museum building in Coffeyville, Kansas, Linzey ...

“Catholic Hymnody at the Service of the Church,” lays out criteria for evaluating whether hymns sung at Mass are accurately ...

You’ve sung them while clutching cups of hot cocoa. You’ve heard them played in shopping malls. But do you know how some of ...

By Michael J. Brooks We sang it recently in worship. It’s a beautiful song about the word of God. It was called “contemporary ...

Dr. Michael Burkhardt will serve as the guest organist and director. He will lead the singing of hymns linked to readings, ...

Most of the hymns were written in the 1980s or ... to the ongoing conversation about liturgical music in the U.S. Catholic Church, saying he views it as an "invitation to rediscover what music ...

By Michael J. Brooks. We sang it recently in worship. It’s a beautiful song about the word of God. It was called ...