A virtual event with Boston College on Tuesday, July 22, will celebrate the feast of St. Mary Magdalene and the women who assisted in the earthly ministry of Jesus. The only African-American female delegate to the Synod on Synodality, Dr. Cynthia Bailey Manns, will serve as the facilitator.

“[She will share] how Mary Magdalene’s leadership, witness, and authority created a path for the Synod Mothers to speak and serve in their authority on behalf of themselves and others as baptized missionary disciples of the Church,” reads an event description from the university’s Clough School of Theology and Ministry.