Feast Day of Mary Magdalene Celebration held at Epiphany

On Wednesday, July 22, 2009, the Women’s Concerns Committee of Epiphany held their 10th celebration in honor of St. Mary of Magdala. This year, it occurred on her actual feast day. Approximately 75 people were in attendance.

The theme this year was “Who Do You Say I Am?” Candace Kresse was the homilist and asked us who we thought Mary was – the woman who washed Jesus’ feet with her hair, the prostitute saved from stoning by Jesus (both of whom she was not), or the Apostle to the Apostles, being the first to see the resurrected Jesus (which she was).

After this, the two co-presiders, Ana Lane and Brandie Grisham, asked us to reflect on who we say WE are and then write that on a cloth provided. Three young women, Danielle Graves, Mariana Lane, and Alexis , did a candle ritual and four adult women, Dotti Lockhart, Amy Shoemaker, Nancy Raible, and Jinny Hunt, played the part of Mary Magdalene at different times of her life.

Therese Graves did an interpretive dance to a poem titled “I Am”, written by a former parishioner, Jean Archer.  Click here to see more pictures from this event.

This is an annual event and we hope to see all of you next year.