page_title: Fábio de Melo
section_title: Poetry and music
hierarchical_section_title: Fábio de Melo / Poetry and music
caption_attribution_description: Português: Padre Fábio de Melo em uma apresentação.
context_page_description: Fábio José de Melo Silva, better known as Padre Fábio de Melo, is a Catholic priest, artist, writer, university professor and presenter. He belonged to the Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. He acts in the Diocese of Taubaté, in the interior of the State of São Paulo. As a singer, he recorded eight albums for the Paulinas-COMEP Catholic record label, one for the record company Canção Nova, an independent project. His first record for a secular record company, Vida, was released by LGK Music and by Som Livre, with whom he continues to record, having already released two more albums by the end of 2009. In all, Fábio de Melo has sold more than 3 million copies of CDs, in addition to 3.5 million books. As a university professor, he taught theology at the Dehonian College of Taubaté. Nowadays, it presents the program Spiritual Direction, transmitted by TV Canção Nova every Wednesday at 10 pm, with reruns on Saturdays at 8 pm and at dawn on Monday, at 1 am.
context_section_description: With reference to Father Zezinho, SCJ, precursor of the singer priests since the 1960s, Father Fábio de Melo released his first CD, in 1997, entitled "De Deus um cantador".
  Then "Saudades do Céu", with the participation of several Catholic artists, bringing together the singers of his congregation, such as Father Zezinho and Father Joãozinho, included in the CD "Sing Heart", a tribute to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
  Upon receiving diaconal ordination, he composes "Seasons of Life," which would become the opening music of his live performances, especially after the release of the DVD Eu e o Tempo. Already ordained priest, in 2003, brings to market his newest work, "Marcas do Eterno".
  In 2004, the album "Tom de Minas", with an authorial content, honors an independent project that honors names and places of his home state: Minas Gerais, with the participation of popular singer and songwriter Paulinho Pedra Azul, from the which is a show in the capital, Belo Horizonte, under the name "Minas e Outros Tons".
  The return to the themes related to his formation, are part of CD Humano Demais in 2005, that contains songs of his own and of other composers of the catholic music.
  In 2006, celebrating his 10 years of acting in Catholic music, he decides to work in addition to some of his compositions, several well-known songs "sertanjeas", in homage to his origins and his father, who also sang and played Viola.
  The 2007 CD, Son of Heaven, first out of the Paulines and now for the New Song, tells of personal experiences and of those who have left, such as Father Léo Tarcísio, his trainer, during the seminar and great friend and singer-songwriter Robson Jr., of Cantores de Deus and his best friend, both dead at the same time, victims of cancer. Released the same year, the CD "My Simple People" retakes the idea already tried in "Zé Da Silva", with songs sertanejas, presenting those that were outside the other project.
  In 2008 Fábio de Melo released his first CD for the record company Som Livre – "Vida" – a work that made him known nationally, through the various participation in programs on open TV. Continuing his work of evangelization through the media, in 2009 he launched the CD "Iluminar" and shortly after "Eu e o Tempo". In 2014, he recorded "Amar Como Jesus Amou", in a duet with singer Fernanda Takai, on her album Na Medida do Impossível.
caption: Fábio at a concert in 2011.
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