Praying in Song aims to bring together music which will encourage students at Catholic secondary schools in their search for a living, vibrant faith.

Christine Byrne McCann, Head­teacher of a large Catholic secon­dary school and the composer of popular hymns such as 'Gifts of bread and wine', has called on a lifetime of experience to compile Praying in Song . The result is a generous collection of nearly 400 hymns and songs that will interest and inspire young people; acces­sible yet thought-provoking, many contemporary but all meaningful. They will find here much that reflects their youthful enthusiasm for life and love and all that is good and just and wholesome.

There are hymns from the past which still speak to young people, songs from the Renewal move­ment of recent years, as well as many new pieces appearing here for the first time.

Special care has been taken to ensure that the keys chosen are within the normal vocal range of adolescent voices. The accom­pani­ments are for pianists of mod­erate ability, and guitar chords are given throughout.

Praying in Song contains a multi­plicity of indexes designed to make the choosing of hymns and songs as straightforward as possible