July 22 is the feast day of St. Mary Magdalene, a Biblical figure of continuing fascination and mystery.
She was called Magdalene because she was from the fishing village of Magdala, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee. It was said that Jesus expelled seven demons from her, but no one knows what these demons represented. It is known that she traveled with Jesus and the Apostles, and that she was the first person to encounter Jesus after his resurrection.
Jim Christy told of the legend that she later went to sea, and after months of sailing, landed at what is now Marseilles. "She is," Christy wrote, "considered the founder and saint of that seafaring town."
And, he added, suggesting that a statue of Mary Magdalene be placed on Vancouver's waterfront, "She could be ours."
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