Let's Talk: GMG Tribute Show Frank Biggs & St. Agatha Catholic Church
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\\u2022Frank Biggs and the Historic St. Agatha Catholic Church (Celebrating 131 years in 2023)\\n\\n\\u2022Frank was a musician, director, singer and pioneer in the Catholic Church.\\xa0 He founded the FIRST Gospel choir in the Archdiocese of Chicago, IL on the Westside at the historic St. Agatha Catholic Church under the pastor Fr. John Barlow in 1972.\\n\\n\\u2022Frank began his career at St. Agatha as the Minister of Music for the church a few years prior where he played the Pipe Organ and Grand Piano for all of\\nthe services.\\xa0 He also sang and occasionally had one or two soloists sing the traditional Catholic hymns and chants.\\n\\n\\u2022With the community changing in the Lawndale community and more African American families attending services the Pastor along with Frank knew there had to be some musical changes, especially with Latin language Mass being phased out.\\xa0 Under the Pastoral leadership of Fr. John Barlow, Frank Biggs asked to start a Gospel Choir to sing at one of the 3 Sunday Masses.\\n\\n\\u2022St. Agatha Catholic Church became the First Catholic Church in the Chicago Archdiocese to sing traditional Gospel music (and sang like a Protestant choir.)\\n\\n\\u2022Please send me an email sharing your thoughts about this show segment also if you have any suggestions of future guests you would like to hear on the show. Send an email to letstalk2gmg@gmail.com\\n\\n\\u2022You may also \\u201clike\\u201d and share the podcast episode; or you may Subscribe to be alerted when the newest show is published.\\n\\n\\u2022NEW RADIO SHOW ON INTERNET RADIO STATION WMRM-DB SATURDAY MORNING 9:00 AM CST / 10:00 AM EST\\n\\n\\u2022The Radio show can be heard anywhere in the World!\\n
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