Originally published at National Catholic Register
Devoted to preserving the Church’s tradition of sacred music, the men’s choral vocal ensemble Floriani has sung at Masses and concerts in shrines, basilicas and cathedrals across the United States.
This summer, they sang before thousands of pilgrims during Eucharistic adoration at the National Eucharistic Congress in Indianapolis.
“I don’t think we understood the gravity of it prior to coming to the Eucharistic Congress,” the ensemble’s founder Giorgio Navarini told the Register. “They put us on the stage in the Lucas Oil Stadium, and there were 60,000 people in front of us worshipping the Lord.”
Floriani performing at the National Eucharistic Congress.(Photo: Courtesy photo)
Describing the response they got as “tremendous,” Navarini shared: “We were told that this was the highlight of the entire congress. And I think a lot of people said that because they had never heard the beauty of sacred music before.”
Named after St. Florian, the group met while studying together at Thomas Aquinas College in California. Although the four men pursued various paths individually after college, they eventually reunited and decided to begin singing professionally in 2021 for different parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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