Dear Friends of Magdala, Many pilgrims who visit the Duc in Altum Spirituality Center in Magdala are impressed with the beautiful mosaics that are portrayed on the side chapels of the building. Each mosaic has thousands of little colored tiles or tesserae, which put together, form striking scenes of Jesus and His ministry around the…
World Meeting of Families – Dublin Ireland August 21-26, 2018 The Gospel of the Family: Joy for the World! It is raining cats and dogs outside. You can hear it on the roof of the RDS – the Royal Dublin Society – where the congress is being held for the week. A man walks…
This summer, Magdala in cooperation with the Anahuac University of Mexico received over 70 academics, archeologists and volunteers from diverse universities and academic institutions on site with the purpose of supporting the conservation and restoration efforts of the Magdala Mikvaot area (Jewish ritual purification baths). Our archeological team was honored to work on this project…
Magdala – Voted TripAdvisor Top 25 Landmark in the Middle East! Thanks to all for your support of Magdala! We have been voted a top 25 landmark attraction in the Middle East on TripAdvisor for 2018! Thanks to all your visits, reviews, and amazing comments! Please continue to spread the word about Magdala – the…
In commemoration of Mary Magdalene’s Day this Sunday, Jennifer Ristine, Director of the Magdalena Institute, will be releasing her new book: Mary Magdalene: Insights from Ancient Magdala. July 22nd is the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene, and Jennifer’s book is a compilation of all the information that has been collected over the years as we’ve…
Magdala has been the most beautiful experience of my priestly life. It is a place that is alive. It welcomes you. It touches you. It teaches you. It speaks to you. If you go to Magdala with an open heart and an open spirit you will truly have an encounter. What started as a dream…
Gazing upward visitors ask me to translate the Latin phrase that runs around the edge of the cupola in the Women’s Atrium in Duc in Altum. It’s a powerful sentence taken from an apostolic letter, Mulieris Dignitatem (On the Dignity and Vocation of Women), written by the beloved Pope Saint John Paul II in 1988:…
Dear Friends of Magdala, Over the past couple months we have enjoyed a variety of important events at Magdala as well as an ever-increasing number of visitors coming to the site. In early March the Magdalena Institute hosted a very successful fourth annual Women’s Symposium and earlier this month we were one of the selected…
Mary Magdalene: Insights from Ancient Magdala Panoramic Perspectives from Archaeology, Scripture and Historical Traditions Speaker: Jennifer Ristine, consecrated woman of Regnum Christi Jennifer Ristine has been living and serving at the recently excavated site of ancient Magdala in the Holy Land since 2014. She has served in Magdala as the Visitors’ Center Coordinator and Director…
Dear friends of Magdala, As we prepare to celebrate Holy Week and one of the most incredible miracles of our faith, we have received lots of questions via email and on-site about life of Mary Magdalene and the important role she played in the Gospel. Magdala gives us a glimpse into the first century life…
