Reclaim Mary Magdalene: A Journey Through Scripture, and Early Christian, Medieval, and Contemporary Art

With Beth Maczka

February 21 - 23, 2025

An icon of Mary Magdalene anointing Jesus.

Date and Time Details: Check in will be from 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm on Friday, February 21st. The first event will be dinner at 6:00 pm. The retreat will end after lunch on Sunday, February 23rd, at approximately 1:00 pm.

Location: Turning Point

Address: 2495 Fox Gap Rd, Bangor, PA, USA

Contact: Lacey
laceyh@kirkridge.org

  • Commuter – $215.00
  • Turning Point Private Room – $475.00
  • Turning Point Shared Room – $375.00
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Participants are taken on a journey through scripture, art, and history to trace the steps of Mary Magdalene, of whom Jesus declares in Mark 14:9, Truly I tell you, wherever the Gospel is preached in the whole world, what she has done will be told in remembrance of her. Embodied activities include acting out scriptures, illuminating Bible verses, and smelling spikenard. The session will close with a ritual of anointing.

About the Leader

A headshot of a white woman with medium-length blonde hair in glasses and a blue shirt.

Beth Maczka

Beth Maczka, a Vanderbilt Divinity School graduate, centers her studies on Mary Magdalene and why she is absent from much of art and liturgy. She highlights the lack of images depicting this profound passage in Mark 14:9 and the need to commission art that depicts Gospel women in positions of authority, as noted in the […]

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