Chicago’s beloved Sister Jean celebrates her 100th birthday with scholarship, well wishes
Chicago, US RNS Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt starts and ends every day the same way. With joy and gratitude. It’s a practice that has been serving Chicago’s beloved Catholic sister, better known simply as “Sister Jean”, for a century now. “God’s been very good to me, keeping me as healthy as possible and keeping me […]
North American hymn society tournament reveals “greatest hymn of all time”
RNS Holy, Holy, Holy! has been chosen in a March Madness-like tournament as “the greatest hymn of all time”. The Hymn Society in the United States and Canada announced the winner on Thursday, the last day of its annual conference in Dallas. Eileen Guenther, church music professor at Washington’s Wesley Theological Seminary says the tournament […]
“Greatest hymn”? Sacred song enthusiasts vote in ‘madness’ tournament
RNS Four months after “March Madness”, US hymn lovers are awaiting the outcome of a different kind of tournament that will answer this question: “What’s the greatest hymn of all time?” Will it be Holy, Holy, Holy!? Or how about How Great Thou Art? Or one of six others in the “Elite Eight” that were […]