Footsteps

Footsteps By Kathleen Nichols On an early April morning, I quietly slid one of the paddleboards at Magdala onto the glassy surface of the Sea of Galilee for a sunrise prayer over the water. After the sun rose into white heat above the Golan Heights, I turned back toward the Magdala shoreline, using Mt. Arbel…

Letter from Fr. John (XLXVIII)

My Dear Magdala Family,   After our arduous journey of Exodus, we finally come to Easter, or, as the catechism used to say, ‘Pascua Florida’ (Feast of the Flowers). Happy Easter to every one of you and your family and friends! Circumstances and time tend to surprise us. Sometimes when we think that more intense periods…

Youthfest Encounter 2023

Mary of Magdala was weeping, her master had died, and now his body was no longer on the sepulcher. Suddenly, she saw two angels dressed in white, and they said to her: “Woman, why are you weeping?” She said, “They have taken my Lord, and I don’t know where they laid him. When she said…

9th Women’s Encounter

 Who Do You Say That I am? This question was posed by Jesus to his apostles in the region of Caesarea Philippi, on or near the feast of Yom Kippur, when the name of the Lord was pronounced by the High Priest in the Temple. He asked his disciples, “who do people say the Son…

Holy

Holy By Kathleen Nichols We shivered with cold and anticipation before dawn, gathered around the small rust-colored boat altar on the Magdala shoreline for a sunrise Mass. The crimson outlined clouds brightened as our voices proclaimed, ‘holy, holy, holy Lord!’. (Isaiah 6:3) They professed with us: ‘the Heavens and Earth are full of your glory,…

Letter from Fr. John (XLXVI)

Dear Magdala Family,  We want to begin by wishing you a good Lenten Season again this year. To help you with this, the entire Magdala team is putting their best effort into the preparation of our fifth Virtual Pilgrimage for Lent entitled “Exodus: Pilgrimage of Freedom, ‘Out of Egypt I called my son’ Mt 2,15.” …