Page 5 - Spring 2019 Extension Magazine

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Follow the women who follow the Risen Christ
“

In the gospels, we are offered

the paradigm experience of
women who accompanied the
suffering Jesus to the cross and
were the first to encounter Him

as the Risen Christ.

at work among us. Follow
the stories of these women
who follow the Risen Christ.
Walk with them as they
accompany our brothers and
sisters in the poorest counties
of the United States and as
they help people in poverty
encounter the power of the
Risen Christ in their own lives
and in their communities.
These talented and ded-
icated women — religious
and lay — are able to do this
because you, our donors, have
chosen to encounter them in
their vivid stories shared by
Catholic Extension. And you
are accompanying them by
your generous support and
firm conviction that God is
doing good and remarkable
things through them.
May God continue to bless
women of faith. “Follow these ciples of the transformative you for the wonderful bless-
women who follow the Risen power of what God is doing ing you are to these valiant
Christ.” through His Son for each of women and to the good peo-
In the gospels, we are us and for the hope of all ple they serve.
offered the paradigm experi- humanity. Gratefully,
ence of women who accom- In this issue of Extension
panied the suffering Jesus to magazine, we want to invite
the cross and were the first to you during this Easter time to
encounter Him as the Risen ponder the continuing reve- Rev. John J. Wall
Christ. They were the first to lation of this transformative PRESIDENT, CATHOLIC EXTENSION
give witness to his other dis- power of the Paschal Mystery