{"id":26584,"date":"2016-09-02T12:00:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-02T16:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/?p=26584"},"modified":"2016-09-06T14:31:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-06T18:31:22","slug":"singing-monks-of-norcia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/","title":{"rendered":" The Singing Monks of Norcia"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the Italian town where St. Benedict was born, Benedictine monks led by Father Cassian Folsom, an American, gather nine times daily to worship God with Gregorian chants and prayer. Their singing has been recorded and is now a chart-topping album, allowing others outside the walls of the monastery to experience the music and devotions of monastic life.<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n

Listen to some of the music from the Monks of Norcia’s album Benedicta<\/em>.<\/h2>\n
\n

Bells from the Basilica (Instrumental)
\nhttps:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/01-Bells-from-the-Basilica-Instrumental-Listen-Now-MP3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Ave Maria…Virgo Serena (Sequence)
\nhttps:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2016\/09\/Sequence-03.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

O Gloriosa Domina (Hymn)
\nhttps:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/29-O-Gloriosa-Domina-Hymn-Listen-Now-MP3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

Benedicta
\nhttps:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/33-Benedicta-Listen-Now-MP3.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“When a monk gives his life to God, he has to express that in a physical way, not just an intellectual way, and singing involves the whole body and the mind and the soul, and so it\u2019s a wonderful way of keeping this relationship between God and the monk,” says Father Cassian, prior of the Benedictine monastic community in Norcia, Italy that was damaged extensively in Central Italy’s recent earthquake. More →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":26620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6569],"tags":[17857,5824,8881,6689,600,6712,6716],"class_list":["post-26584","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videocast","tag-alcohol","tag-benedictine","tag-chanting","tag-monastic-life","tag-music","tag-rule-of-st-benedict","tag-st-benedict","topics-faith-and-spirituality","topics-literature-and-the-arts","faith-catholic"],"yoast_head":"\nThe Singing Monks of Norcia | July 31, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"For centuries, chanting has been at the center of monastic life, and now these Benedictine monks have a chart-topping CD of their music.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Singing Monks of Norcia | July 31, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"For centuries, chanting has been at the center of monastic life, and now these Benedictine monks have a chart-topping CD of their music.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2016-09-02T16:00:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-09-06T18:31:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"450\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fred Yi\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ReligionEthics\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fred Yi\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fred Yi\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\"},\"headline\":\"The Singing Monks of Norcia\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-02T16:00:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-06T18:31:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/\"},\"wordCount\":142,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"alcohol\",\"Benedictine\",\"chanting\",\"Monastic Life\",\"music\",\"Rule of St. Benedict\",\"St. Benedict\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Videocast\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/\",\"name\":\"The Singing Monks of Norcia | July 31, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2016-09-02T16:00:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-09-06T18:31:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\"},\"description\":\"For centuries, chanting has been at the center of monastic life, and now these Benedictine monks have a chart-topping CD of their music.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":450},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/\",\"name\":\"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly\",\"description\":\"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47\",\"name\":\"Fred Yi\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/yif\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Singing Monks of Norcia | July 31, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","description":"For centuries, chanting has been at the center of monastic life, and now these Benedictine monks have a chart-topping CD of their music.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Singing Monks of Norcia | July 31, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","og_description":"For centuries, chanting has been at the center of monastic life, and now these Benedictine monks have a chart-topping CD of their music.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/","og_site_name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PBS.ReligionEthics\/","article_published_time":"2016-09-02T16:00:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2016-09-06T18:31:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":800,"height":450,"url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Fred Yi","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_site":"@ReligionEthics","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fred Yi","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/"},"author":{"name":"Fred Yi","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47"},"headline":"The Singing Monks of Norcia","datePublished":"2016-09-02T16:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-06T18:31:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/"},"wordCount":142,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg","keywords":["alcohol","Benedictine","chanting","Monastic Life","music","Rule of St. Benedict","St. Benedict"],"articleSection":["Videocast"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/","name":"The Singing Monks of Norcia | July 31, 2015 | Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly | PBS","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg","datePublished":"2016-09-02T16:00:03+00:00","dateModified":"2016-09-06T18:31:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47"},"description":"For centuries, chanting has been at the center of monastic life, and now these Benedictine monks have a chart-topping CD of their music.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/2016\/09\/02\/singing-monks-of-norcia\/26584\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/files\/2015\/07\/feat-singing-monks-norcia-800.jpg","width":800,"height":450},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/","name":"Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly","description":"An examination of religion's role and the ethical dimensions behind top news headlines.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/search-results\/?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/#\/schema\/person\/0576fe5f06986bc0418635994a2bcd47","name":"Fred Yi","url":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/author\/yif\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26584","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/72"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26584"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26584\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32287,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26584\/revisions\/32287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26584"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26584"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wnet\/religionandethics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26584"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}