Musical priests come out with new album

There is a trio of Irish priests who have recorded an album and embarked on a musical career.

I can't say they are particularly evangelistic — when asked if they "expect to offer help to wayward musicians" they said something mealy-mouthed about maybe having the opportunity to "do a little good", but "certainly we aren't setting out with that in mind."

Are they priests first and musicians second? Well, no, not really — music brought them into the priesthood. The question is, does that mean that chronologically music came first, or that music is first in priority? Although the latter doesn't seem so given some of their other comments.

But it is good to see priests getting some exposure like this even if they aren't singing Fr. Corapis. (Somehow I can't picture that anyway.)