Hymn of the Month

This hymn was written and composed by Right Reverend Monsignor James B. Curry during his chaplain days at The Tombs, a colloquial name given to New York’s famous city jail

Eben Howe Bailey (1843-1943) was the author and composer of this hymn. I recently discovered his manuscripts at the Peabody Essex Museum located in Salem, Massachusetts, and through the Philips

This wonderful hymn to the Sacred Heart of Jesus has seen different publications and various translations since it first appeared in the 17th century. It is not known who originally

In summer of 2023, I was approached by Peter Meggison, producer of The Devotional Hymns Project to engrave five original manuscripts by a religious Sister of Mercy. He recounted a

Father Jeremiah Cummings, D.D. (1814-1866) wrote the words of this hymn. He was from a family of Northern Irish Protestants who came to the United States and settled in what

Emily Mary Shapcote (née Steward) wrote the words to this hymn in 1882 and it first appeared in ST. DOMINIC’S HYMN-BOOK published in 1885 by Burns and Oates and was