Dear Friends of Magdala, I am currently in Mexico completing a course on Ignatian Spiritual Exercises. It is an amazing experience which I´ve been fortunate to share with other priests that have a lot of experience in preaching. I want to share this with you as I was recently reflecting on the theme “Jesus preaching…
So much has happened since the last blog … Following Easter, I felt extremely joyful because our Lord was risen! What made this time even more special was a week off that some of us (my fellow volunteers and I) were given in order to compensate for two intense weeks of volunteering. It was at…
“What a blessing for you to be in Holy Land during Lent!” Many people told me after I gave them a tour. I only nodded as I didn’t know what to reply. I didn’t feel it was Lent and I didn’t manage to give up anything for the Lord as I would normally have done…
“She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come. She speaks with wisdom, and faithful instruction is on her tongue. She watches over the affairs of her household and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children arise and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises…
Dear friends of Magdala This 11th of May we recall a very special anniversary for Magdala that took place 10 years ago! The blessing by Pope Benedict XVI of the cornerstone of Magdala during his visit to the Holy Land in 2009. Ever since the project began I had always dreamed that the Pope would…
International Women’s Day 2019 established its theme: “Balance for Better” as an effort towards gender balance worldwide and challenged us: “How will you help make a difference?” Magdalena Institute responded by offering the 5th Annual Women’s Encounter, an inspiring weekend, “Women in Dialogue”, March 8 to 10, 2019 which was attended by some 50 women…
It’s been more than 5 weeks now…. The excitement of the first week when everything is new and cool had turned into questioning my initial decision – why am I here, why did God send me here? All the things which make this volunteering program amazing and I was looking forward to, such as community…
Dear Friends of Magdala, Saint Teresa of Jesus says that “in the path towards God, the soul has to pass through four stations.” It is a great truth. In the Holy Land we are now in the full bloom of spring. This year it is exceptional! The amount of rain we have received this year…
My name is Dana and I started to volunteer in Magdala on 9th February. I’m from Slovakia but I’ve been living in the UK for the last 10 and half years. In October last year I turned 30. Although I had a great job and comfortable life in the UK, I slowly started to lose…
