Visit the homepage for more information. The following is a compilation of Marian hymns from major Protestant and Catholic hymnals. Indicated next to the titles is the season or other special ...

Catholic hymnody has a less happy history. I have an old Pius X hymnal and it is filled with hymns, mostly to the saints and the blessed mother, that can generously be described as saccharine.

The last time the Catholic church here faced an existential threat was on New Year’s Eve 1935, when the church was set ablaze ...