#147: Holy Women, Holy Power: Women in the Church Throughout History (with Holly Mohr)

We continue to celebrate Women’s History Month in the many ways that we, as women, serve the Catholic Church. We’ve been highlighting Women’s History Month on our website, and we encourage you to check out npm.org for more resources. We’ve also made a Youtube playlist of videos highlighting women in their strength, their resilience and their faith. Our YouTube channel, and all of the playlists we create, can be found at npm.org, so go and check it out!

Today I speak with Holly Mohr, Director of Religious Education at Mary, Queen of Peace Parish (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania). Holly draws strength and inspiration from those who were empowered to do God's will in the church during their time. Holly shares her reflections about four women she is most inspired by in the Church: Mary Magdalene, Hildegard of Bingen, Julian of Norwich and Dorothy Day. As we continue to celebrate Women’s History Month, it’s a great conversation to have.

#146: "Come and Walk Among Us": The Catholic Church in Ireland (with Steven C. Warner) (REPLAY)

Today’s episode is a replay from exactly one year ago. On March 16, 2020, I released an interview with Steven C. Warner. Steven is the founder of the Notre Dame Folk Choir, and currently ministers at the Newman Centre for Faith and Reason in Dublin, Ireland. He and I spoke over Zoom in the early days of a global shutdown due to the pandemic. In many ways, our conversation could’ve taken place last week and the elements of uncertainty, hesitancy and safety still ring true. But our conversation was more than just the pandemic. In the days leading up to the Feast of Saint Patrick, we discussed the Catholic Church and its joys and struggles in Ireland. It’s a great episode, and one that bears repeating.

Lastly, we hope you’ll join us for a live streamed broadcast of Mass for the Feast of Saint Patrick, streamed from Dublin, Ireland, this Wednesday, March 17, at 7 pm Eastern Time on NPM’s YouTube channel. Links to the Mass and our Youtube channel can be found in the show notes of this episode at ministrymonday.org, and on our main website, npm.org. We hope you’ll join us and pray with us on the evening of the Feast of Saint Patrick.

#145: A Historical Intervention on the Basis of Chant (with Brother John Glasenapp) (part 2 of 2)

Today is part 2 of a discussion on chant, featuring my conversations with Brother John Glasenapp. Brother John is a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana, where he currently serves as the Director of the newly-formed Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music. Br. John earned an M.A. in Medieval Studies from Fordham University and a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University, specializing in chant. Last week we explored the deep historical context of chant. But how do we apply chant to our modern, mostly American churches? How can we adapt chant to our needs?

Brother John joins me from the archabbey in Saint Meinrad, Indiana.

SHOW NOTES

ADDITIONAL CHANT RESOURCES

NPM: Chants of the Roman Missal (npm.org)

Free ICEL English-Language Chant Mass (provided by Saint Meinrad Archabbey and Oregon Catholic Press)

Saint Meinrad Chant Downloads

John Glasenapp Headshot

Bio: Brother John Glasenapp

Br. John Glasenapp OSB is a Benedictine monk of Saint Meinrad Archabbey in southern Indiana, where he currently serves as the Director of the newly-formed Saint Meinrad Institute for Sacred Music. Br. John earned an M.A. in Medieval Studies from Fordham University and a PhD in Historical Musicology from Columbia University, specializing in chant. His doctoral research was supported through grants from the Alliance-Council for European Studies and the U.S. Fulbright program to Belgium. His article on chant in late-medieval monastic reform will appear shortly in a volume entitled Gendered Perspectives on Monastic Reform in the Medieval West, c. 800 – 1500 published by Boydell and Brewer.

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