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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Russ Petrus, Executive Director russ@futurechurch.org In the October 2023 synod synthesis, participants agreed it was “urgent to ensure that women can participate in decision-making processes and assume roles of responsibility in pastoral care and ministry” (9, m). In order to advance women’s participation, synod participants proposed that that liturgical texts, including […]
Thank you for signing up to be a Mary Magdalene Advocate! We welcome and appreciate your support and help! As a reminder, we will host three training sessions on Tuesdays at 7pm ET: April 30, 2024 – Foundations for Mary Magdalene Advocacy May 21, 2024 – Recovering our Faith Heritage June 25, 2024 – How […]
Women in Church Leadership Renowned scholar Sandra Schneiders, IHM, STD argues that the importance of Mary Magdalene in the development of our Christian tradition cannot be overstated. In her 2013 lecture at Boston College she said: The gospel narratives present Mary Magdalene as the only privileged witness named at all of the Paschal Mystery events—the […]
Women in Church Leadership Mary Magdalene is perhaps the most maligned and misunderstood figure in early Christianity. In Christian art and hagiography, Mary has been romanticized, allegorized, and mythologized beyond recognition. In early Christian art, Mary Magdalene was depicted as a key figure in the Resurrection of Christ and an “Apostle to the Apostles.” But […]
Women in Church Leadership The full story of Mary Magdalene’s Easter proclamation of the Risen Christ is NEVER heard on Easter Sunday (John 20: 1 – 18). Thus, Catholics are deprived of learning about the gifts, grace, courage, and ministry of women such as Mary Magdalene whose memorial was raised to a feast day in […]
Women in Church Leadership What does it mean to be a Mary Magdalene Advocate? The 2024 Synod offers another opportunity to raise awareness about the “woman gaps” in the Lectionary and to share the Good News that women have been integral to shaping our Christian tradition and their inspirational stories should be included in the […]
Women in Church Leadership Most Catholics, including Catholic bishops and priests, do not realize that many important stories of our foremothers in faith are excluded from our lectionary. For instance, the full story of Mary Magdalene’s Easter proclamation of the Risen Christ is NEVER heard on Easter Sunday (John 20: 1 – 18). Thus, Catholics […]