St. Mary of Magdala

Fee: $30 | Four Weeks
Who was St. Mary of Magdala? What does scripture tell us about her ministry? What impact does her saintly life have on us today? This course explores the imagery of St. Mary of Magdala, both positive and negative, that have shaped our view of the Apostle to the Apostles.

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This course also explores the impact of her life on the ministry of women in the church. To complement the informative text and videos, a scripture study text is included to provide an optional prayer experience of St. Mary of Magdala as portrayed in the Gospels

This course has an optional text:  Dinah Chapman Simmons.  Mary Magdalene: Apostle to the Apostles. Little Rock Scripture Study, 2018.
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Content Scholars:

• Madeleine Boucher, Ph.D. (text) is a former professor of New Testament and director of the Women's Studies Program, Fordham University
• Barbara Reid, O.P., (video) is Carroll Stuhlmueller, CP, Distinguished Professor of New Testament Studies and President of Catholic Theological Union at Chicago.
• Christine Axen, Ph.D., (video) is a medieval scholar and professor at Fordham University and Manhattan College.
• Mary Catherine Hilkert, O.P., (video) is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame.
• Sandra Schneiders, I.H.M., (video) is professor emerita of the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley.
• Nontando Hadebe, Ph.D., (video) is a theologian and senior lecturer at St. Augustine College in South Africa.
• Dinah Chapman Simmons (optional prayer text) is director of Sacramental Preparation and Liturgy at Saint Benedict Parish in Halifax. She also serves in parish ministry in the Archdiocese of Halifax-Yarmouth.

Image Credit: Original photo by Fr. Ted Bobosh (CC BY-SA 2.0)