Maggie Gallagher

How Does a Hymn Become a Classic?

Archbishop Cordileone’s Very Marian Advent Prayer Service Launches World Premiere of Two New Christmas Carols On December 15th, at Star of the...

John Ruane’s Holy Spirit Moment

How God led Atlanta playwright John Ruane to the typewriter…then did it again…and again…and again…and again… By Patrick Gallagher “I don’t know...

A Review of Frank La Rocca’s Missa Pange Lingua 

Missa Pange Lingua is a musical work that leads the worshippers into the depth and beauty of the Mass itself. The processional...

If You See One Movie, See “Peanut Butter Falcon”!

“Is that your movie?” I texted an old friend, whose name flashed across the long closing film credits of Peanut Butter Falcon....

The Making of the Mass of the Americas

I sat down with Benedict XVI Institute’s new composer-in-residence Frank La Rocca on a breezy San Francisco afternoon in late September to...

Frank La Rocca Comes Home (Part 3)

Editor’s Note: This is the third part of a three-part profile of composer Frank La Rocca. The first part takes La Rocca...

Frank La Rocca: The Crucifix and the Crack in the Door (Part 2)

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a three-part series profiling Oakland composer Frank La Rocca. Part one, “Frank La Rocca’s Search...

Frank La Rocca’s Search for the Sacred (Part 1)

Editors’ note: This is the first of a three-part profile of Frank La Rocca, a composer who lives in the Bay Area....

Joseph Pearce and Jordan Peterson: Side By Side

Editors’ note: Side by Side is a new occasional series where we take two contemporary thinkers and simply juxtapose their ideas side...

McDonagh: A New Golden Age for Catholic Films?

Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards in Ebbing, Missouri snagged two golden boys at Sunday’s Oscar: Best actress for Frances McDormand and Best Supporting...

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