As part of our ongoing mission to provide the ministry of worship music to our Parish family during the season of COVID-19, we introduce a blog on sacred music. Designed to be informative, accessible, and uplifting, we hope that The Cecilia Page offers an encouraging supplement to our musical offerings in the Parish newsletter and Sunday Morning worship publications.
St. Cecilia was a 3rd or 4th century Italian martyr, and is the patron saint of music. She is frequently depicted as a young woman playing the organ or other musical instruments. The image above is Saint Cecilia and an Angel, by Italian Renaissance artists Orazio Gentileschi (1563–1639) and Giovanni Lanfranco (1582–1647).