16 Songs, 49 Minutes

EDITORS’ NOTES

Here’s a group of nuns who clearly have a lot of fun when they sing together. Recorded in their chapel in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Dominican Sisters of Mary send out their Christmas message with a nicely chosen program of festive carols and hymns. Their voices are pure and light, and they sing with wonderful clarity so that you can hear every word. Their “Gaudete” is, not surprisingly, a far cry from Steeleye Span’s unlacquered classic, but, in its innocence, has its own beauty. “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” (with organ) is attractively unfurled. A gently appealing collection of obvious sincerity.

Mastered for iTunes

EDITORS’ NOTES

Here’s a group of nuns who clearly have a lot of fun when they sing together. Recorded in their chapel in Ann Arbor, Michigan, the Dominican Sisters of Mary send out their Christmas message with a nicely chosen program of festive carols and hymns. Their voices are pure and light, and they sing with wonderful clarity so that you can hear every word. Their “Gaudete” is, not surprisingly, a far cry from Steeleye Span’s unlacquered classic, but, in its innocence, has its own beauty. “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” (with organ) is attractively unfurled. A gently appealing collection of obvious sincerity.

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TITLE TIME
Christmas Proclamation
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist & Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP
4:31
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147/X
By Johann Sebastian Bach - Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist & Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP
5:14
Wake, Awake, for Night is Flying, BWV 140/I (A cappella Version)
By Johann Sebastian Bach
4:09
Sleep, Little Jesus
By Franz Xaver Gruber - Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP, Sr. Peter Joseph Wardlaw, OP & Sr. Mary Esther Downey, OP
3:32
Carol of the Bells
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist & Sr. John Michael Wynne, OP
1:50
Emmanuel
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP & Sr. Peter Joseph Wardlaw, OP
4:50
Snowflakes
By Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP - Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP & Sr. Mary Esther Downey, OP
3:31
Away in a Manger
By William Kirkpatrick - Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP & Sr. Mary Esther Downey, OP
2:13
Angels We Have Heard on High
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist & Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP
2:31
Adeste Fideles
2:13
Joy to the World
By Lowell Mason - Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist & Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP
2:10
Gaudete
1:38
Of the Father's Love Begotten
Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist & Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP
5:53
Madonna's Lullaby
By Sr. Peter Joseph Wardlaw, OP - Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, Sr. Joseph Andrew Bogdanowicz. OP & Sr. Mary Esther Downey, OP
2:32
Gabriel's Message
1:27
We Wish You a Merry Christmas
0:55
  • 16 Songs, 49 Minutes
  • Released: Oct 13, 2017
  • ℗ 2017 De Montfort Music, LLC, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment

Ratings and Reviews

4.9 out of 5

28 Ratings

28 Ratings

Beautiful

Meme m. Meme

It is like Angels singing!!

LAUDETER JESUS CHRISTUS!!!

Hamish MacPhereson

Oh!! What a beautiful album. Thanks be to God that these ladies answered God's call to follow Him and that so many of them have such beautiful voices. The Christmas Proclamation is a gorgeous history of our Faith. The entire album is a meditation on the TRUE meaning of Christmas!! J.S. Bach must be very proud of their recordings of the title track and of Wake, Awake For Night is Flying. Everything is beautifully sung, orchestrated, and recorded. Five stars plus!! DEO GRATIAS!!!

Awesome

Poopie Paul

Just awesome

About Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist

The Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, are an established community devoted to worship and spiritual life under the tenets of the Dominican order. Their musical activities have flowed from those of the community with unusual depth and consistency, and the relationship between music and community has been one factor contributing to their considerable commercial success in the U.S. and beyond.

The Sisters were founded in 1997 in response to a call for spiritual renewal expressed by Pope John Paul II. They established themselves in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after being invited by Carl Frederick Mengeling, bishop of the Lansing diocese, to administer the church's Spiritus Sanctus Academies, originally founded by Domino's Pizza magnate and Catholic benefactor Tom Monaghan. The Sisters' Motherhouse is adjacent to the Domino's Farms campus that serves as the pizza chain's world headquarters.

The Sisters' first three recordings are explicitly designated on their website as tools for evangelization, a goal that has also impelled them to make several appearances on the Oprah television show and one on the American Bible Challenge in 2012. All three albums were recorded in the Motherhouse that is the center of daily activities for the group's 128 members. The first Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist album, Mater Eucharistiae, appeared in 2013 on the de Montfort label and was immediately picked up by the major Decca label. The album and its successor, The Rosary: Mysteries, Meditations, and Music, featured pure simplicity of religious observance, including not only chants and newly composed hymns, but also spoken prayers and graphic elements (such as a diagram of Rosary beads on the second CD) that directly relate to the Sisters' religious practice. The Sisters released a third album, Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring: Christmas with the Dominican Sisters of Mary, moving to Sony Classical. The Sisters' success -- musical, liturgical, and communal -- has led them to outgrow their Michigan headquarters; in 2017 they were at work on a new community in the Austin, Texas area. ~ James Manheim

Songs

Albums

Mater Eucharistiae

2013

The Rosary- Mysteries, Meditations & Music

2014