The songbook drops some familiar samples of ... tunes and lyrics borrowed from Anglican, Lutheran and Roman Catholic hymnals. But the hymnal committee, Kennedy explained, did draw certain lines ...

Sacred Harp singers of all ages keep a unique, 180-year-old a cappella hymn tradition alive, finding spiritual connection, ...

A new edition of “The Sacred Harp,” a Christian hymnal first published in 1844, is being released this year. It helps carry ...

BREMEN, Ga. (AP) — “The Sacred Harp” hymnal is beloved by those who sing from it, carrying on the Christian songbook's more than 180-year-old legacy. They are young and old — and all ages ...

(AP) — Singers at Holly Springs Primitive Baptist Church in West Georgia treat their red hymnals like extensions ... Since the Christian songbook’s pre-Civil War publication, groups of Sacred ...

Catholic Charities in Youngstown, Ohio, will join a new pilot study, Lifting Moms Out of Poverty (LMOP), a program developed by Catholic Charities USA, in a bid to offer aid to mothers with small ...

A Catholic school in Southern California is preparing to launch a “house system” that it says will help students connect with one another and foster leadership among young Catholics preparing ...

A Christian hymnal called “The Sacred Harp” is at the heart of a more than 180-year-old American singing tradition that is as ...