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From Bach to Biber Before Crossing the Tiber K. V. TURLEY
How one musician found her way into the Church. As a violinist specializing in historical performance, I was increasingly surrounded by sacred music: hymns and Masses and cantatas and the great composers and priests who wrote them. This served to strengthen my faith in general and drew me steadily towards the Roman Catholic Church.
Fiona Hughes was received into the Church in 2017.
From her home in Virginia, she spoke to the
Register March 26 about music, faith and the life of a professional musician during a pandemic.
What Hughes terms her small v vocation as a musician is something she feels called to do primarily because of Catholicism. As it turns out, her professional calling has played its part in a deeper one. Over 10 years working in Baroque repertoire, she explains, being aware of Renaissance and Medieval and Classical eras, I started to observe again an
Posted Jan 11, 2021
Georgia Bishop Henry I. Louttit Jr. during the 2009 diocesan convention. Photo: Julius Ariail
[Diocese of Georgia] The people of the Diocese of Georgia mourn the loss of the Rt. Rev. Henry I. Louttit Jr., who died peacefully on the morning of Dec. 31.
Louttit was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, on June 13, 1938, son of Bishop and Mrs. H. I. Louttit Sr. Married in 1962, he and his wife Jan had three children: Amy, Susan and Katie. His undergraduate degree is from The University of the South and he graduated from Virginia Theological Seminary in 1963. He was ordained a deacon by his father, then bishop of South Florida, and a priest the following year by Bishop Albert R. Stuart, then bishop of Georgia. He served Trinity Church, Statesboro, and in 1967 became rector of Christ Church, Valdosta, where he remained until election as bishop in 1994. He was consecrated bishop on Jan. 21, 1995, in the Roman Catholic Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah.
A socially distant drive-thru nativity raises money for those in need | Get Uplifted
Church of the Holy Comforter s drive-thru nativity featuring live animals raises thousands of dollars for the local community. Author: Leon Scott, Allison Seymour Published: 6:21 AM EST December 29, 2020 Updated: 6:21 AM EST December 29, 2020
VIENNA, Va. It s time for my Get Uplifted segment, a time to take our minds off anything negative and focus on the positive stories around us that make us smile. Today that positivity comes from the Church of the Holy Comforter in Vienna, Virginia, which raised over $2,600 in donations during its drive-thru live Nativity event on December 19. The money that was raised goes back to the community over the course of the year for food, shelter, and local support services.