Saint Mary Magdalene Community

 Who Are We?


Our founder is Jesus Christ

Mary, the Mother of Jesus, is our loving Mother and Protectress.

Eileen Di Franco, M.Div. is our priest.  Eileen was ordained by Bishop Patricia Friesen on July 31, 2006, in Pittsburgh, PA.  Eileen is a member of the Roman Catholic Women Priests.

Maria Marlow is our Deacon.

We are a small and growing Roman Catholic community consisting of families from Delaware, Chester and Philadelphia Counties.  We believe that when Jesus instituted the Sacrament of Holy Orders, He did not exclude women.  Inscriptions on tombs and early Christian mosaics indicate that women were, indeed, deacons, priests, and bishops in the early church. Saint Mary Magdalene was the disciple to whom Jesus appeared first after His Resurrection.