SONGWRITER SETS ROSARY TO MUSIC
(EDITED FROM A STORY OF MAY 23, 2003  Florida Sun Sentinel  by: Steve Coate)

Frank Loconto has never been partial to the rosary, he'd rather sing it. "About 6 years ago the idea of a "Singing Rosary" popped into my head and I started messing with my guitar. What was unusual was that I discovered I could do all three prayers (The Our Father, Hail Mary and Glory Be) to the same melody," Loconto said. He was ready to produce the CD last October when the Pope announced a fourth prayer to be added to the rosary. "He called it, The Mysteries of Light " Loconto said. This was just in time for me. I was able to go back into the studio and put together the fourth section. Now there's a complete rosary. Fr. Tony Mulderry, Pastor of All Saints Church in Sunrise Florida was the first church to receive and play the "Singing Rosary". Fr. Tony said,"It is very prayerful and warm. It's a good way to prepare for Mass. It is very soft and prayerful. People can identify with it." All Saints sold their first box of 50 CD's in the first two weeks, and Loconto has supplied them with a second box of 50 CD's. "That's pretty good for one church", Loconto said. (Fr. Tony has played the "Singing Rosary" before the masses, and that has made the parishioners familiar with it.) " We are talking to a distributor to handle it for us not only here in Florida but across the country,"

Frank said. The CD's are available in a few churches in South Florida. Monsignor Francis Fazzalaro, Pastor of St. Gabriel Church in Pompano Beach has CD's of the "Singing Rosary", as does, St. Gregory Church in Plantation, Florida where Monsignor Noel Fogarty is the Pastor. Fr. Dominic Briese, Director of St. Dominic's Priory in Oakland, California heard the "Singing Rosary" while doing a mission in Florida and Loconto sent him a box of 50 CD's. (Loconto has donated the first 500 CD's to various churches in Thanksgiving to Jesus and Mary for the inspiration to create the "Singing Rosary"

The original intent for the rosary was to make it available to shut-ins, people who could not leave the house, Loconto said. Now he thinks there might be a use for the music in hospitals and funeral homes. A CD of the "Singing Rosary" has been sent to Pope John Paul II. "I'd like to know what he thinks of it,' Loconto said. "He's been talking about how he'd like the rosary to become popular again, especially with the young people." Loconto is working on a second rosary specifically geared for the folk mass young people. He said," It's called the 'Rock 'n' Rosary.' Jesus is the Rock and I look at Mary as the Perfect Rose. It has some acoustic and electric guitars and drums. Rather than just reciting the rosary, you can hear it in musical form. Like the "Singing Rosary", it also has all four sections including the Mysteries of Light." (The Rock 'n' Rosary will be available shortly.)

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