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The video above promotes the release of a new musical album, , which features the voices of three alumni monks: Rev. Thomas Bolin, O.S.B. (鈥96), Br. Mary Evagrius Hayden, O.S.B. (鈥08), and Br. Philp Wilmeth (鈥13).

The three graduates are members of an 18-member Benedictine community at Monastero San Benedetto, a 1,000-year-old monastery in Norcia, Italy, birthplace of Sts. Benedict and Scholastica. Fr. Thomas serves as the community鈥檚 subprior; Br. Evagrius is currently pursuing graduate studies at the International Theological Institute in Trumau, Austria; and Br. Philip is set to make his simple vows on September 8, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The album, drawn from the monks鈥 daily life of prayer, features 33 tracks of Gregorian chant, including traditional Marian antiphons such as 鈥淩egina Caeli鈥 and 鈥淎ve Regina Caelorum,鈥 as well as previously unrecorded chant versions of responsories and an original composition, 鈥淣os Qui Christi Iugum.鈥 Benedicta: Marian Chant from Norcia is available for sale via , , , and directly from the website.