Saint Mary Magdalene Tours, Gifts and Books
Please join us in a 9-Day Novena of Prayers to Saint Mary Magdalene beginning July 19th. The Gospel meditations and daily prayers will come to your email each day of the Novena (July 19 – July 27, 2014). The “Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene” prayer book includes all the Gospels which mention […]
For those of you who cannot travel to Provence and climb up to La Sainte-Baume, the “Grotte de Sainte Marie Madeleine” (the Cave of Saint Mary Magdalene), and even higher to Chapel St. Pilon—where tradition says Mary Magdalene was raised up by angels seven times a day, you may want […]
Jesus performed the miracle of the loaves and the fishes in Tabgha on the coast of the Sea of Galilee. He then sailed 4 miles south to Magdala, according to the Gospel of Matthew 15:36-38. “And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala.”—Gospel of Matthew 15:39 Mosaic of loaves and fishes with […]
The Novena Tour of PROVENCE to Saint Mary Magdalene is truly an experience of a lifetime. Register before June 1st to secure a spot for this 10-Day Novena Tour. Get to know Saint Mary Magdalene in a very personal way by visiting the Cave of La Sainte-Baume, where she spent the […]
by Paula Lawlor—based on writings of Henri-Dominique Lacordaire, OP The Massif-de-la-Sainte-Baume is a mountain ridge spreading between the departments of Bouches-du-Rhône and Var in southern France. Its summit is 3700 feet high. Its treasure is La Sainte-Baume, which means “holy cave” in provincial dialect. La Sainte-Baume La Sainte-Baume is the […]
It is interesting to study some of the beautiful art work that has been created with “Mary Magdalene” as the subject. No figure in the Christian Pantheon except Jesus, the Virgin Mary, and John the Baptist has inspired, provoked, or confounded the imagination of painters more than the Magdalene. The artists’ […]
Click to enter the GIFT SHOP: MaryMagdaleneTears on Etsy Dear Friends of Saint Mary Magdalene, I have recently opened an on-line shop on Etsy called MaryMagdaleneTears. The shop has 70 Mary Magdalene items. Some of these items were sold on the Relic Tours in California (2011) and Illinois (2013), such as anointing […]
This nine day Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene comes to you directly from the South of France, Mary Magdalene country. La Sainte-Baume, which means “holy cave” in Provençal dialect, is the name of the Cave where Mary Magdalene spent the last thirty years of her life. The entrance to this […]
Our guests arrived at Marseille Airport in three shifts. First came Sue from Illinois who I met at St. Ita’s in Chicago during the Illinois Relic Tour last February, and Roberta and Peggy who traveled together from Connecticut. We found a comfortable spot in the airport at a Starbucks in which to […]
We had an early breakfast in a side dining room of the hôtellerie and then boarded our tour bus for a 2 hour drive to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, in time for the 10:30 Sunday Mass at the parish church. Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer is a little fishing village where Mary Magdalene and her companions on […]
Today is the official Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene. We gathered together at 9:30 in the morning with a few hundred pilgrims that came to the hôtellerie for the procession of the relic of Saint Mary Magdalene (a piece of her tibia) up to the Cave or Grotte of […]
Today Pascale, our chauffeur or tour bus driver, took us to the lively city of Aix-en-Provence, about a one and a quarter hour drive from the hôtellerie. Its history and numerous monuments accumulated over the centuries have made Aix-en-Provence a prestigious and incomparable town of art and culture, with beautiful […]
The 8:30 AM daily breakfast at the Hôtellerie-de-la-Sainte-Baume includes a variety of drinks – coffee, tea, hot milk and powdered chocolate, juice and water. There is always toast and french bread, butter and jam spread out on the long family style tables. It is a typical continental breakfast. We sometimes […]
Basilique Sainte Marie Madeleine We started our day traveling to the Basilique Sainte Marie Madeleine in St. Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume, a forty-five minute drive from the hôtellerie. We had an appointment with Fr. Sean Davidson, a Missionary of the Most Holy Eucharist. Several years ago Fr. Florian Racine co-founded this Order, with […]
Today was a day for contemplation, prayer, solitude, sleeping or doing whatever you wanted to do. - nothing in particular was planned. Some spent some time in the Chapelle Sainte Marie-Madeleine, as our busy schedule the past few days has only allowed us time in the Chapel for Matines and Laudes in the morning and Complies in the evening.
