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The Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, are a Benedictine order of nuns founded by Sr. Mary Wilhelmina Lancaster, OSB, in Gower, Missouri. [1] [2] The nuns are also choral singers, and their first two albums of recorded chants and hymns reached number one on the classical traditional Billboard charts.
The album was spoofed by members of the comedy rock band Big Daddy, performing as the Benzedrine Monks of Santa Domonica, in their album Chantmania, [10] which included Gregorian-inspired versions of notable pop songs. Sandra Boynton also produced a book and CD entitled Grunt: Pigorian Chant from Snouto Domoinko de Silo. [11]
Jeanne-Paule Marie "Jeannine" Deckers (17 October 1933 – 29 March 1985), better known as Sœur Sourire (French for 'Sister Smile') and often called The Singing Nun in English-speaking countries, was a Belgian Catholic singer-songwriter and former member of the Dominican Order as Sister Luc Gabriel.
Chiara Margarita Cozzolani (27 November 1602 – ca. 1676–1678), was a Baroque music composer, singer and Benedictine nun. [1] She spent her adult life cloistered in the convent of Santa Radegonda, Milan, where she served as prioress and abbess and stopped composing. She was one of more than a dozen cloistered women who published sacred music ...
Sister of St. Joseph Linda Fusco, 73, left, and Erie Benedictine Sister Katherine Horan, 59, are shown at Blessed Sacrament School, where they serve as a math specialist and principal ...
The abbey bonded with a group of Benedictine nuns in Mexico, establishing a retreat center in Cuernavaca to raise consciousness among North Americans of their southern neighbors. Through the monastery's relationships with senators Patrick Leahy and Bernie Sanders, they have tried to bring more attention to the plight of the poor in Mexico. [4]
The Benedictine sisters are well known as recording artists who produce chart-topping Gregorian chant and Catholic hymn albums. Sister Wilhelmina died on May 29, 2019, at age 95, and was buried in ...
When Rufus Wainwright was asked to write a closing theme song for “Rebel Hearts,” a documentary about a renegade order of socially activist nuns that opens this weekend, he didn’t require ...