The Pilgrim’s Stones By Rosaura Sanz-Rincón The stone, a symbol of permanence through time, strength, and security, has been used by many cultures throughout history to highlight important places. In Buddhist and Taoist traditions, ephemeral stone accumulations represent balance. In recent years, we have seen that the creation of these burial mounds has become a…
Pilgrims at the time of the Crusades By Fr. Cristobal Vilaroig During the Crusader era, pilgrims continued to visit Magdala. In the year 1130 in a guide of the Holy Land, entitled De Situ Urbis Ierusalem, the anonymous author wrote: “Two miles from Gennesaret, there is Magdalum, where Mary Magdalene came from, and two miles…
Dear Magdala Family, Greetings from Magdala, where in the middle of summer, we find ourselves sizzling with heat. The warm weather is accentuated as we find ourselves 211 meters below sea level. Nonetheless, even among this, we are working hard to prepare ourselves for a cooler autumn and one filled with many pilgrims wishing to…
