Gregorian Chant, Faith, and the Feminine Genius
Girlfriends (A Podcast for Catholic Women)
Danielle Bean
4.9 • 810 Ratings
🗓️ 8 July 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
I’m so excited to share this episode with you because it’s all about one of my favorite topics: the power of music to draw us closer to God—and the unique ways we each live out our feminine genius.
In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Carly York, a professional Catholic cantor, music educator, and digital entrepreneur. Carly shares her incredible journey from being raised Baptist to discovering Gregorian chant, converting to Catholicism, and dedicating her life to sacred music ministry.
We talk about:
* How music shaped Carly’s faith journey and vocation
* The surprising physical and spiritual benefits of Gregorian chant (even in traffic!)
* What to do if the music at your parish isn’t inspiring you
* Tips for introducing sacred music to your kids at home
* Why it’s never too late to follow God’s promptings—just start!
Carly is such a beautiful example of someone who has said YES to God in unexpected ways, using her gifts to build the Church and bring peace to the hearts of others. I know you’re going to love hearing her story.
💿 Grab Carly’s free chant download: thecatholiccantor.com
And don’t forget to share this episode with a friend who could use a little sacred music and soulful encouragement today.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to Girlfriends. I'm Danielle Bean. I'm a wife and a mom and I'm on a mission to help you know you're worth as a woman so you can find peace, balance, and joy in daily living. This week's special guest is Carly York who's going to be sharing about her work in music ministry. Can't wait to get started. Let's go. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey, girlfriend. How are you so thrilled you're able to be here with me today? What are you up to? |
| 0:24.5 | What are you doing while you're listening to this episode? I love to think about it because I listen to podcasts while I'm going for a walk or going for a run, driving around. |
| 0:33.2 | Folding laundry is the classic one, doing the dishes, unloading the dishwasher, cleaning the bathroom. |
| 0:38.4 | I love that I'm able to be a part of your everyday life like that. And that's part of what I love |
| 0:43.0 | about doing a podcast, but I also love being a listener to podcasts in that way. It really is a |
| 0:48.6 | personal connection. I'm so grateful that you are here, that you are one of the people that I'm |
| 0:53.5 | able to connect with here |
| 0:54.7 | in the podcast. And how's your world going? How's your summer going? I just wanted to do a check |
| 1:00.6 | in with you here at the start. In our house, we've been caring for some little people. We're so |
| 1:06.0 | blessed to have so many beautiful little people in our lives through grandkids. |
| 1:14.6 | We've had our oldest six kids all got married in the last six years. |
| 1:16.0 | So we've had a lot of weddings. |
| 1:18.5 | And then following the weddings, we've had a lot of babies. |
| 1:23.8 | My fourth, my daughter, is expecting her third this November. |
| 1:29.5 | And that's going to be our seventh grandchild, all inside of a little more than three years. So these are babies, right? These are little people. And it's been so fun for me at this |
| 1:36.2 | stage of my life to be able to have little people in my life like that again. But it's also very |
| 1:41.0 | eye-opening. And it just reminds, this is a blast from the past, |
| 1:44.6 | the things that I used to do while balancing a baby on my hip and that level of chaos that just |
| 1:49.5 | happens when little people are melting down and there's not a thing you can do about it. |
| 1:53.6 | If you're in that season of life right now, I just want to say, I see you, I hear you. |
| 1:59.1 | I am looking back fondly at my years of being a mom like that, but I'm also |
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