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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.
Honoring St. Mary Magdalene as “Apostle to the Apostles” through art.
On Easter Sunday, the most sacred morning of the church year, most Catholics never hear the voice of the Risen Christ. That’s because the Roman Catholic Lectionary stops the Easter gospel at John 20:9 — before Jesus calls Mary Magdalene by name, before he commissions her to carry his Resurrection message, before she proclaims, “I […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Olivia Hastie, Program Associate | olivia@futurechurch.org In the Final Report of Synod Study Group 5, “The Participation of Women in the Life and Leadership of the Church,” the group recognizes that the “question of women” is a sign of the times and affirms that the Holy Spirit speaks through it. (10) […]
FutureChurch hosts a launch call for its project, “The Time is Now: Let Mary Magdalene Preach the Resurrection,” which invites Catholics to ask their parishes to read the full Resurrection Narrative from John’s Gospel on Easter Sunday. In this launch call, we discuss the inspiration behind this project, provide an overview of the resources available […]
By Christine Schenk, CSJ and Marie Graf Over 100 long-time friends and supporters gathered in Cleveland on September 27 to kick off FutureChurch’s 35th Anniversary year. This was the first of several events planned in various cities across the US in the coming year, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C. Former Cleveland […]
Excerpt: The final document did stress the importance of including the stories of biblical women in the lectionary — which made the church reform group FutureChurch happy. Their “Mary Magdalene Goes to the Synod” project called for the including at Easter the full account of the Resurrection in John’s Gospel, which includes Christ’s appearance to […]
Olivia Hastie reflects on what it means to be carrying the names of our loved ones and honorees with us this week.