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Celebrating Mary Magdalene and Hidden Women of the Lectionary

October 9, 2024
FutureChurch gathers with friends and supporters at Caravita Community in Rome to learn about celebrate Mary Magdalene and other scriptural women hidden by the lectionary.

More than 80 people joined FutureChurch at Caravita Community in Rome to Celebrate Mary Magdalene and other scriptural women hidden by the Lectionary

On Thursday, October 3, 2024 FutureChurch was welcomed by the Caravita Community in Rome to host a prayer service entitled “Throw Open the Doors and Make Space at the Table: Celebrating the Hidden Women of the Lectionary.”

Through scripture readings, story telling, and prayer, the prayer service names and uplifts women whose stories are omitted, truncated, relegated to a weekday, misrepresented, made optional, or otherwise hidden by the lectionary.

FutureChurch Program associate, Martha Ligas, preached on the power of our names and being called by name. The music ministry was offered by Olivia Hastie and Russ Petrus of FutureChurch. Additional readers include Katie Lacz, Rose Lue, and Lucy Rieger. The prayer service concludes with a ritual blessing that names each participant and sends them forth to proclaim the resurrection.

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We are grateful to everyone who contributed to our “Mary Magdalene Goes to the Synod” campaign and offered names for us to carry with us during our travels. It was an honor and sacred experience to carry these names in our hearts and to pray with them.

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