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Elizabeth Schrader and Joan Taylor present on their article “The Meaning of ‘Magdalene’: A Review of the Literary Evidence,” which was published December 2021 by the Journal of Biblical Literature. Their examination of the Gospel of Luke, Origen, Eusebius, Macarius Magnes, and Jerome, as well as evidence in hagiography, pilgrimage, and diverse literature, reveals multiple […]
Educational Materials Mary of Magdala Education Resource Mary Magdalene True and False images PowerPoint Presentation with Notes Advocacy Materials The Time is Now: Let Mary Magdalene Preach the Resurrection Easter Gospel Restoration Project Celebration Guides/Packs 2026 Easter Joy As Resistance 2025 Women Speaking Truth To Power 2024 Women Witnessing to the Risen Christ 2023 Rethinking Women’s […]
Join Mary of Magdala in Proclaiming the Good News of the Resurrection this Easter with these beautiful greeting cards from FutureChurch! Inside the card is the passage from John 20:18, “Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, “I have seen the Lord”; and she told them that he had said these things to her.” Help #ReclaimMagdala […]
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Resources Mary of Magdala 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. Since the fourth century, she has been portrayed as a prostitute and public sinner who, after encountering Jesus, repented and spent the rest of her life […]
FutureChurch continues to celebrate the 2020 Feast Day of Saint Mary of Magdala with a virtual art tour, featuring early and medieval art. Dr. Christine Axen draws on her knowledge of the layers of Medieval spiritual life and symbolism to expand our understanding of the complex imagery used to depict Mary Magdalene during the Medieval […]
FutureChurch Co-Director and resident liturgist, Russ Petrus, shares exactly why the 2016 elevation of Mary Magdalene’s celebration from a memorial to a feast matters: On July 22nd of this year, for the first time ever, the Church celebrated the Feast day of St. Mary of Magdala. Yet, some Catholics may not immediately see why celebrating […]
On April 14 and 21, 2015, long-time FutureChurch member and Mary Magdalene advocate, Rita Houlihan, organized and sponsored two lectures at Fordham University by none other than Dr. Elizabeth Johnson, CSJ, who went about setting the record straight about Mary of Magdala. Sr. Johnson immediately got to the heart of the issue stating, “Mary of Magdala […]