ROME, ITALY Just recently a 1610 letter was found in the Vatican archives in which a Bishop in Naples notifies Cardinal Borghese (great art collector and patron of Caravaggio) that Caravaggio died of fever in Porto Ercole and the sailboat that took … Read more
On Monday, October 20, 2014, Nyack College in partnership with the Center for the Study of Ancient Judaism and Christian Origins, will host a diverse gathering of scholars and dignitaries in a conference focused on the discoveries unearthed in the excavations of … Read more
Magdala is a town on the northwestern shore of the Sea of Galilee at the foot of Mount Arbel. Its most famous citizen is Mary Magdalene or Mary of Magdala. Mary Magdalene is mentioned in the Gospels as being among the women of Galilee who followed … Read more
[slideshow_deploy id=’4854′] The Saint Mary Magdalene medals in this collection have been recast in sterling silver and plated with 18k gold. Some of the images on the Saint Mary Magdalene medals are designed after famous art, like Guido Reni’s 17th century oil painting, and the … Read more
Sunday— Saint Mary Magdalene—Feast Day Mass After breakfast at the hostellerie we’ll drive to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume to take part in the welcoming for the feast and the procession into the Basilique for the 10:30 am Feast Day Mass. After Mass we will celebrate with the people of … Read more
Saturday— Feast Day of Saint Ann Today is a day of contemplation, prayer and solitude—nothing in particular is planned. We will have breakfast at the hostellerie restaurant and attend the 11:45 am Mass in the Chapel of the hostellerie. Then we’ll have lunch at Brasserie “La … Read more
Friday Breakfast at the hostellerie restaurant and afterwards we will spend a little time in the hostellerie gift shop. Drive to Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, the place where the boat carrying Mary Magdalene and her companions landed in 47 AD. We’ll have a tour of the … Read more
Thursday After breakfast we’ll drive to the fabulous market in Aix-en-Provence, first stopping by Librairie le Blason to visit Rita in her lovely book store. Then we’ll visit Cathédrale Saint-Sauveur, which was built in the twelfth century on the site of an ancient temple dedicated to … Read more
Wednesday Breakfast at the hostellerie restaurant and then drive to the Basilique Sainte-Marie-Madeleine at St.-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume for 11 am Mass presided by Fr. Florian Racine. the pastor and also founder of Missionaries of the Most Holy Eucharist. We’ll have lunch with those attending Adoratio2014 and then return to the basilique at 3 … Read more
Tuesday—Feast Day of Saint Mary Magdalene We will climb the mountain through the forest to La Sainte-Baume, the Cave of Saint Mary Magdalene, with several hundred pilgrims in a special Feast Day Procession led by the Dominican brothers who will carry the relics (her tibia … Read more
Monday Breakfast at the hostellerie restaurant and then drive to Marseille where we will have a panoramic view of the city and the port from Basilique Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde. Visit Abbaye de Saint-Victor where St. Lazarus preached and heard confessions and stop at Four des Navettes—for 200 years they have … Read more
Sunday After breakfast at the apartment we will attend the 10:30 am Solemn Mass for the elevation of the relics of St. Cedonius, whom according to tradition is the man born blind and healed in Chapter 9 of the Gospel of John. Bishop Dominique … Read more
Saturday The pilgrims joining the Novena Tour of PROVENCE to Saint Mary Magdalene will arrive at Marseille Airport in the morning, flying from California, USA and Canada. We’ll drive to Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume and check into our Provençal apartment and then walk over to the Basilique … Read more
This 9-day Novena to Saint Mary Magdalene (which begins tomorrow, July 19, 2014) comes to your e-mail directly from the South of France, Mary Magdalene country. For the next 9 days you will receive an e-mail for each day of the Novena … Read more
You still have time to e-mail your special intentions. When the prayer intentions come in I write them down on a prayer card and will carry them up to the Cave of Saint Mary Magdalene on Tuesday, July 22nd – her Feast Day. … Read more
