“St. Francis’s Salutation to the Virgin”
Fr. Longenecker takes the Latin song penned by St. Francis himself and adapts it as a carol in English, set to music by the gifted Catholic composer William J. Fritz.
“St. Francis & the Christmas Creche”
“St. Francis and the Christmas Creche” celebrates the founding of the Christmas creche tradition by St. Francis who staged the first nativity scene on Christmas Eve in 1223.
“While All The Earth in Darkness Sleeps”
Frank La Rocca and James Matthew Wilson, our composer and poet-in-residence respectively, team up to create a gorgeous new setting of the 6th century Akathist Hymn.