February 21, 2007
Souls will be stirred by songs of praise coming from St. Anthony Cathedral Basilica on March 3, when the St. Francis Xavier Choir from Houston performs a concert at the historic Basilica in downtown Beaumont. Beginning at 7 p.m., the concert coincides with the feast day of St. Katharine Drexel and is part of the Jubilee Year Celebration for the Diocese of Beaumont.
"I am delighted that our Cathedral Basilica and Diocese will be blessed by St. Francis Xavier Choir's Gospel Music Concert during our Jubilee Year," Father Jerry McGrath, rector of the Cathedral Basilica said. "Last year I experienced their wonderful gifts from God during several Masses that I celebrated at their Houston parish."
The choir consists of more than 50 singers who travel and frequently perform all over Texas.
"They come to us so that we may together give honor to St. Katharine Drexel, who visited and ministered throughout Southeast Texas and even in the confines of our Cathedral Basilica's parish boundaries," said Father McGrath. "I am deeply grateful to all the member of the Choir for making a pilgrimage to our historic Cathedral Basilica to grace us with their gift of inspirational music from God."
The concert is free and open to the public.
The Jubilee Year marks several important events in the history of the Catholic Church in Southeast Texas.
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