Some lovely quotes from this 1933 piece by (*gasp!*)Time:

"Bishop Schrembs recalled hearing 7,000 railroad workers sing a Credo at Lourdes: 'If they could do it, why not we?'"

"In austere, simple Gregorian chant the congregation may voice its faith more deeply and emotionally than any choir singing Bach or Beethoven'" (I can think of a few more names to add to that list!)

Read the rest at:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,745745,00.html