As Christmas approaches and "Silent Night" fill churches and homes, it is worth remembering how unlikely its beginning truly ...

Vicar Teri Gayer Prairie Parish This hymn, is among the most widely known Christmas hymns, most often sung at the end of the ...

Franz Xaver Gruber and Joseph Mohr are best known for composing the timeless Christmas carol Silent Night. Gruber, a schoolteacher and church organist, composed the melody, while Mohr, a young priest, ...

In Austria, his hymn Stille Nacht is considered a national treasure. Traditionally, the song may not be played publicly before Christmas Eve. Father Josef Mohr was parish priest of St. Nicholas Church ...

Joseph Franz Mohr (1792–1848) was an Austrian Roman Catholic priest and lyricist well known for his creation of the timeless Christmas carol Stille Nacht. He was raised in modest circumstances and ...

What would a Christmas celebration, church service or caroling event be without hearing the soft and sweet tones of “Silent Night?” This year marks the 200th anniversary of when the beloved carol was ...

Every time BYU editing professor Marvin Gardner opens a green 1985 LDS hymnbook, he remembers the spiritual experiences he and the other seven Hymnbook Executive Committee members had 30 years ago as ...