Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div.,Ph.D. jimryan6885@gmail.com 4th Sunday in Lent, March 14, 2021 Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community Last Wednesday evening Jean and I watched a program hosted by Nicole Wallace of MSNBC. She focused on what she calls “Lives Well Lived” to tell stories about and honor those who have died due…
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2nd Sunday in Lent, February 28, 2021 Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div.,Ph.D. jimryan6885@gmail.com Jesus’ followers knew he was in trouble even before he told them the first time that he was going to be crucified. By the end of the 8th chapter of Mark’s Gospel, as we just heard, Jesus had already engaged in run-ins with…
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1st Sunday of Lent, 2021 — Combined Eucharist of Inclusive Catholics, Melbourne and Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community, Wisconsin Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div.,Ph.D. jimryan6885@gmail.com January 6 will become in the United States, I’m afraid, a National Day of Shame, just as November 22 is a Day of Loss. To this day the…
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Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Feb. 14, 2021 Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div.,Ph.D. jimryan6885@gmail.com Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community Two weeks ago I invited us to consider the Gospel of Mark to be the map of what I call Road Trip Ecclesiology. Jesus is constantly on the move in this gospel. The Teacher…
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Sr. Nativa, CSJ was my 2nd Grade Teacher Rev. Jim Ryan In 1955 Sr. Nativa was the only African-American Sister in the Congregation of St. Joseph (CSJ), Rocky River, Ohio. My family moved on January 1, 1955 into St. Ignatius of Antioch Parish, Cleveland where Sr. Nativa taught. There were two reasons why we moved. …
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Belle’s Story by Belle Snyder, Member of Mary of Magdala Community Belle Snyder, Mary of Magdala Community Member, recently quoted Ram Dass in a letter to me: “We walk each other home sharing our stories.” ( Ram Dass and the Seva Foundation are one google search away.) Belle has been thinking about this story for…
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Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div.,Ph.D. jimryan6885@gmail.com Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community In the wake of cancelling our 10th Anniversary celebrations I have retained lingering as well as exploratory thoughts about community and our gathering in faith. A favorite scripture quote for me that guides my view of who we are and why we…
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Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div., Ph.D. jimryan6885@gmail.com Rev. William G. Poole – or as everybody knew and called him, Bill – was a man of persistence toward and fixed visage on life’s qualities which he viewed as correct to hold. Though his first career goal was to be a journalist he accepted the vocation of priest…
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Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div.,Ph.D. jimryan6885@gmail.com Mary of Magdala, Apostle to the Apostles Community John O’Donohue in Divine Beauty (2003) on True Community: “As in the rainforest where a dazzling diversity of life-forms complement and sustain each other, there is secret oxygen with which we unknowingly sustain one another. True community is not produced; it is…
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Rev. Jim Ryan, M.Div., Ph.D. jimryan6885@gmail.com Sister Marie Gangwish was a most enlightening mentor to me in the time I ministered in eastern Kentucky. Marie was a Sister of the Congregation of Divine Providence (CDP), Melbourne, Kentucky. While her community styled themselves among the pioneers of Catholic presence in the mountain counties of eastern Kentucky…
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