Rocking the way to heaven

ucanews.com reporter, Nanning

This rock band does more than just play rock music to entertain young people in southern China. They use their music to bring Catholics closer to God and tell others about their faith. Margaret, the rock band, has its genesis in Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Nanning, in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in 2010. Its members, aged 20-26, comprise a vocalist, two guitarists, a bass guitarist, a synthesizer player and a drummer. Three of them are Catholics. Nicholas Zhang Xiongtao, the 24-year-old Catholic vocalist, said they owe it to the parish for giving them a room for regular practice. “Rock music has various >Choirs sing in praise of summer music school Singer-priest dedicates hymn to bishop under house arrest Wenzhou Christians Hold First Ecumenical Concert, During Unity Prayer Week CH14343