Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity Feature "Cedars" as Their November Song of the Month Free Download
The Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity feature singer-Songwriter Andrew McKnight's "Cedars" as their November Song of the Month, with a free download at http://www.fscc-calledtobe.org/living/ on their 'Franciscanized World' discernment page.
Green Bay, Wisc. (PRWEB) November 5, 2008 -- During this harvest month seasoned with a spirit of Thanksgiving to God for family, friends and the goodness of creation, this Catholic religious order of Franciscan Sisters gratefully share Andrew McKnight's music and discerning perspective at the 'Franciscanized World' online - www-fscccalledtobe.org/living/
"Cedars" comes from my latest CD, "Something Worth Standing For", an album of songs celebrating the childhood ideals of America we're taught to love, and our frustrations at how much we have let them erode. Choosing to transcend political viewpoints in favor of finding the common ground that politicians, corporations and the media seem to want us to forget that we share, it is an American album born of these times we are living in." observed McKnight.
"'Cedars' is a lament for every generation that reaches the age and awareness that you can truly never go "home" again, for you will find the place forever changed… Here in rapidly suburbanized northern Virginia, one doesn't have to wander too far from my home amongst the ghosts of American history at the foot of the Blue Ridge to find seemingly endless patchworks of homogenized cul-de-sac enclosures neighborhoods of three quarter million dollar homes, whose occupants know little of their dependence on the land or the stories buried in their backyards. Here, the transition of land from a family farm to a city in the fields is usually marked by a few fallow years when the fast growing cedar trees begin their doomed attempt to regenerate forest."
McKnight has toured as a solo singer/songwriter and guitarist for the past 15 years, a musician in the mold of John Mayer or Darrell Scott. Since leaving his corporate environmental engineering career in 1996, the award-winning folk and American singer/songwriter and Falling Mountain recording artist's musical journey has traced nearly half a million miles of blue highways and small towns, earning him a wealth of critical acclaim.
"We want to present our life as a viable vocations. Personal invitation is always best; however, we're convinced that real conversations of discernment begin by using the language of images and music." said Sr. Julie Ann Sheahan, OSF, Directress of Vocations for the Franciscan order.
Established in 1869, the Roman Catholic Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity serve in Catholic health care, education and parish ministries in 13 U.S. dioceses (Green Bay, Superior, Milwaukee, Phoenix, Tucson, Honolulu, Chicago, Marquette, Jackson, Lincoln, Omaha, Columbus and Steubenville).
http://www.fscc-calledtobe.org
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