{"id":3103,"date":"2008-02-07T18:33:25","date_gmt":"2008-02-07T23:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/2008\/02\/07\/more-on-the-magdelene\/"},"modified":"2008-02-07T18:33:25","modified_gmt":"2008-02-07T23:33:25","slug":"more-on-the-magdelene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.splendoroftruth.com\/curtjester\/2008\/02\/more-on-the-magdelene\/","title":{"rendered":"More on The Magdelene"},"content":{"rendered":"

 A reader sent me more on the
\nstory<\/a> I posted on earlier this
\nweek about the action of my bishop.<\/p>\n

 A scheduled performance of
\n“Magdalene,” a traveling one-woman play about the often controversial
\nCatholic saint Mary Magdalene, was banned from St. Augustine Catholic
\nChurch this week after a University of Florida student appealed to the
\nbishop of the diocese.<\/p>\n

According to a statement published in St. Augustine’s weekly bulletin,
\nBishop Victor Galeone decided to cancel the performance on the grounds
\nthat portions of the script “call into question the Church’s position
\non two sacraments.” Hosting the play in a Catholic setting, Galeone
\nsaid, “would be a counter-witness to important Church teaching.”<\/p>\n

Galeone’s decision came days after an 18-year-old member of St.
\nAugustine’s parish, Jonathan Knox, submitted a letter outlining his
\nconcerns about the church-sponsored performance, which was being
\npromoted as a theatrical representation of Jesus’ life through
\nMagdalene’s eyes.<\/p>\n

“I found excerpts online that really disturbed me,” Knox said,
\nspecifically pointing to the show’s final scene, when, according to his
\nresearch, the actress lifts bread and wine to mimic the sacrament of
\nEucharist performed only by ordained Catholic priests.<\/p>\n

Knox said he interpreted the scene as an attack on the current Catholic
\nstance against ordaining women as priests.<\/p>\n

“From this scene alone, I fear scandal will be brought about and a
\ngreat mockery will be performed against Christ in the Eucharist and
\nagainst the priesthood,” Knox wrote in his letter to Galeone.<\/p>\n

… In response, Galeone banned the performance from St. Augustine’s
\nand
\nall other local Catholic facilities, but left it up to organizers to
\ndecide whether they wanted to reschedule the performance at a different
\nlocation.
\nMuch like recent depictions of Magdalene in novels such as “The Da
\nVinci Code,” Knox said the script also alludes to a romantic
\nrelationship between Magdalene and Jesus.<\/p>\n

The play is by an anonymous author and is
\nnow going to show at The United Church of Gainesville instead. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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