Jared Lamenzo, organist at the Basilica of St Patrick’s Old Cathedral in the Manhattan
borough of New York, plays the parish’s 1868 Henry Erben Pipe Organ for an audience of
appreciative youngsters July 26, 2017, during the parish’s five-day music camp, aptly titled
‘Pipes, Pedals & Peals.’ Photo: CNS / Chris Sheridan. Nathan Carter’s cancelled concert in St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Boyle, Co. Roscommon, has raised questions about music in churches. But the conversation should extend beyond one event to the purpose of our churches and the responsibility involved in bringing music into sacred space. Having sung Christian music across different traditions for many years,…
