Brother Paul Richards, a Benedictine monk of St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, Minnesota, holds degrees in music, voice, choral conducting, and education. He founded the St. John’s Boys’ Choir, an international touring choir, and served as its director for 26 years. Well-versed in traditional Gregorian chant, he has directed the St. John’s Abbey music liturgy and conducted the monastic choir, the Abbey Schola.