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Here's some neat info about chant "In the mid-1960’s, Dr. Tomitas was called to a monastery in France which had been taken over by a new abbot. The new abbot, a young man, was something of a revolutionary and had changed the internal rule of the abbey by modifying everything in accordance with the Vatican II reforms. He tried to eliminate Latin from the monks’ vocabulary and replace it with prayers in their native language. The new Abbot had forgotten Saint Benedict’s Rule: “Seven times a day will I sing your praises.” (The Benedictine monks had normally chanted from 6-8 hours a day.) He succeeded in eliminating chanting from their daily schedule because he wanted to demonstrate that chanting served no worthy purpose. Of course the Abbot did not realize the benefits of what they were doing." http://www.missionsanmiguel.org/currentnews/MNR010607.html

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Women/Faith and Family

Saint Gregory the Great,
Pope & Doctor of the Church
Memorial
September 3rd Saint Gregory the Great
Carlo Saraceni - c. 1610
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome

Saint Gregory the Great, one of the most prominent figures in Church history, was born at Rome in 540 and died March 12, 604. The son of a patrician family, Gregory studied law, and became Prefect of Rome when he was in his early thirties. He entered a monastery in Rome (ca 574) where he spent about three years before he was sent as papal legate to Constantinople. After six years in this post, he returned to his monastery (which apparently followed the Benedictine rule) where he soon became abbot. He was elected pope September 3, 590, the first monk to hold this office.

One of Pope Gregory's most significant actions (especially in the view of English-speaking people) was to send missionaries to Great Britain -- notably Augustine (of Canterbury). His interest, it is said, was prompted by seeing young Anglo-Saxon captives for sale in a Roman slave market. According to the story, the pope asked who these fair-haired slaves were, and was told they were Angles. The pope exclaimed in response, "They are not 'Angles' -- they are angels!"

Pope Gregory is traditionally credited with unifying the Roman Liturgy and compiling the Church's traditional chant tones, known as Gregorian Chant (also "plain chant").

 

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Who has the classical music ping list?

[Salvation]

Thanks, I was looking for something on chant. Perhaps we can get something to listen to.