Top Catholic Songs

After decades singing at St. Mary’s Parish in Akron, Ohio I found myself asking a question I had somehow never needed to ask before: What makes a hymn truly Catholic? That question became the spark for two projects I never expected to write.

The first, What Is a Catholic Hymn?, is a short pastoral guide — available as a downloadable PDF — that helps parish musicians recognize the doctrinal, liturgical, and devotional qualities that give Catholic hymnody its identity.