{"id":894,"date":"2009-03-22T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2009-03-22T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/i-dont-know-any-priests-who-sing-like-this-do-you.html"},"modified":"2009-03-22T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2009-03-22T17:31:00","slug":"i-dont-know-any-priests-who-sing-like-this-do-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2009\/03\/i-dont-know-any-priests-who-sing-like-this-do-you.html","title":{"rendered":"I don&#8217;t know any priests who sing like this, do you?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had the good fortune of having lunch a couple weeks ago with a fella from the Archdiocese of New York who also happens to handle North American marketing for Sony for the singing trio known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thepriests.com\/\">The Priests<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>These guys are amazing.  <\/p>\n<p>They made the rounds of the morning talk shows last week, and just did a concert that was aired on EWTN.  Googling around, I found the EPK (Electronic Press Kit) below.  It gives a great glimpse into their lives as priests and performers.  <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YP7tXqM9PgA&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/YP7tXqM9PgA&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Below is their performance of &#8220;Ave Maria.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><object width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/huX3otrfnpc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/huX3otrfnpc&#038;hl=en&#038;fs=1&#038;rel=0&#038;color1=0x3a3a3a&#038;color2=0x999999&#038;border=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"500\" height=\"405\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had the good fortune of having lunch a couple weeks ago with a fella from the Archdiocese of New York who also happens to handle North American marketing for Sony for the singing trio known as The Priests. 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