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Lyon (Agenzia Fides) - Music that lifts the soul and touches the heart, will be the protagonist this year of a prestigious initiative organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in France on the occasion of World Mission Week. This week in France is dedicated to the animation and promotion of Missionary Sunday. The choir "Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois", a true institution in France since its foundation in 1907, has been collaborating for three years with the French PMS, supporting mainly the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood and supporting several of its projects.
This year, the well-known choir will participate in a concert tour that begins tonight in Dijon, at 8:30 pm, in the church of the Sacred Heart, with a show centered on the theme of the mission.
Through a varied repertoire ranging from sacred music to French folk songs and traditional songs collected during their numerous trips around the world, the young singers take the audience on a journey through the missionary theme, being themselves the first missionaries of the message of faith transmitted through their music.
The proceeds of these concerts, which will take place on Thursday 10 October at 8.30 p.m. in Lyon (Basilica of Ainay), on Friday 11 October at 8.30 p.m. in Annecy (Church of Saint-Maurice) and finally on Sunday 13 October at 4.30 p.m. in Belleville-en-Beaujolais (Church of Notre-Dame), will be donated to the projects carried out by the Church to serve the most needy.
To seal this collaboration in the spirit of mission between the Pontifical Mission Societies and the "Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois", a video clip was also released in recent days, shot entirely in the "Maison de Lorette", which belonged to Blessed Pauline Jaricot, foundress of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith, which preserves her historical memory. Since July, the offices of the Pontifical Mission Societies in France have also been housed there. To the sounds of Caccini's "Ave Maria", the young singers explore the house, contemplating the face of Blessed Jaricot in paintings, medals minted in her honor, votive candles and coming into contact with objects that belonged to the Blessed. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 9/10/2024)
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