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He was proficient in the local Sinhala and Tamil Languages. He is known as the "Father of Catholic Literature in Sri Lanka" because of his tremendous literary output. He had written many books, prayers, hymns and translated many Latin hymns into local languages. Some of his hymns and prayers are in popular use even today among Sinhala and Tamil ...
This is a list of original Roman Catholic hymns. The list does not contain hymns originating from other Christian traditions despite occasional usage in Roman Catholic churches. The list has hymns in Latin and English.
Catholic priest, musician, lyricist, author, journalist and patriot Fr. Marcelline Jayakody ( Sinhala : මර්සලින් ජයකොඩි පියතුමා) (3 June 1902 ─ January 15, 1998) was a Sri Lankan Catholic priest , musician, lyricist, author, journalist [ 1 ] and an exponent of indigenous culture.
Roman Catholic translations of portions of the Bible were produced by Fr. Chounavel in 1929, Sebastian Fernando in 1957 and D. J. Anthony in 1965. [1]: 54 In 1923, work began on the "Union Version" of the Bible, combining the Baptist translation and the revised Bible Society translation. The complete Bible was published in 1938. [1]: 55
A major contributor to the hymnal was Fr. Vasco do Rego SJ, who wrote many of the hymns. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Gaionancho Jhelo originated as a booklet of hymns that Fr. Rego began composing in 1963. Other important contributors were Fr. Lourdino Barreto , Fr. Bernardo Cota , Fr. Saturnino Dias , Belarmino Lobo, Fr. Lino de Sa and Fr. Joaquim Loiola ...
There are organised choirs in most Catholic churches. A notable choir from Goa is the all-male seminarians' Santa Cecilia Choir (Coro di Santa Cecilia), part of the over 400 year old Rachol seminary (Seminário de Rachol) of Goa. The choir has also been known to use a 16th-century restored pipe organ for its concerts. [citation needed]
From a young age, Indrani preferred going to church all dressed up to sing hymns. She started her singing career with the Fire Flies band of Dalrene Suby. [3] In 1969, Indrani sang her first song Dilhani Duwani, which was previously voiced by Annesley Malewana. [2]
The Hyde version of the hymn specifically, which is more commonplace than its counterpart, has been used in at least three hymnals, [6] [7] and was the version used in a cover of the hymn by the Catholic religious sisters congregation, the Daughters of Mary, Mother of Our Savior, for their likewise-named 1998 album "Mary of Graces". [8] [9]