FEAST OF MARY MAGDALENE

EVENT

Join Brigid's Place for our annual celebration of the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene on Sunday, July 22, 2007. Our festive worship in the Cathedral at 6 p.m. will include songs from the Taizé Community, blessing of the new icon of Mary Magdalene by the Rev. Mary Green, and Eucharist.

A Lecture and reception follows in the Great Hall. Cost is $20 for lecture/reception.

The Cathedral Bookstore will be open and stocked with books about Mary Magdalene!

Mary Magdalene Feast Day

Join us this Sunday and hear our featured lecturer on Mary Magdalene, April DeConick.

"Where Were the Women? What the Gospel of Mary Tells Us"

Who was Mary Magdalene, really? A prostitute? A loyal disciple? Jesus' wife? Dr. DeConick's lecture will explore these themes and more as it unpacks the theology of the Gospel of Mary, a Gnostic "midrash" gospel. Mary emerges from the text as an early Gnostic church leader administering the eucharist and presenting a homily on its benefits, which include a mystical transfiguration and ascent to God.

Featured Speaker April DeConick recently joined the Rice University Religious Studies faculty as Isla Carroll and Percy E. Turner Professor of Biblical Studies. Dr. DeConick is an historian of early Jewish and Christian thought, fascinated by the many ways the Jesus tradition emerges across the literature. She has a deep love for exploring the various expressions of early mysticism, including the spirituality of classic Gnostic thinkers. She is the author of Seek to See Him: Ascent and Vision Mysticism in the Gospel of Thomas; Voices of the Mystics: Early Christian Discourse in the Gospel of John, Thomas and Other Ancient Christian Literature and other books, articles and papers.

A Special Note: Trebbe Johnson has been a featured Brigid's Place lecturer and retreat leader. She is offering a Beloved retreat this month at the Omega Institute July 29-August 3rd. Click here for more information.
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