• Jul 31, 2017

“For me, Benedict XVI is about opening the door of beauty to God to as many who want to enter by that path,” Maggie Gallagher, the new executive director for the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship, said. “The Mass, the liturgy and sacred music are indispensable. But encouraging a culture of Catholic art and storytelling is another closely connected goal. San Francisco’s amazingly ethnically diverse parishes provide many doors to beauty I’m excited to explore and promote.”