Music, a catalyst for faith
Culture Matters
“The way in which we worship God is with our voices, singing. When we sing we pray twice.”
– Elizabeth Black, Virginia Catholic Church
WE WERE so glad when the drum set appeared at the little church in Laventille. Rather, the young people were glad; my grandmother and her peers hated the idea that their sacred church music would now be desecrated by “noise.”
This was however not a battle the elders could win. Attendance at church was not just waning, it was aging. These were an unhealthy combination for the growth of a parish or the reputation of its priest. In the end, the music triumphed.