In her quest for the Jewish Mary, Presenter Mary Christine Athans, BVM, PhD, draws on the latest in historical research, theological and spiritual reflection, the fruits of post-Vatican II Jewish-Christian dialogue, and the insights of feminist theology. Using the method of Ignatian contemplation, she offers meditations integrating Hebrew prayers which might have been extant in the first century in order to rediscover the Jewish Mary - a woman of enormous courage, strength and prayers.

Mary Christine Athans, B.V.M., is Professor of Church History at the Saint Paul Seminary School of Divinity of the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN and adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago and Catholic Theological Union. She is the author and editor of books and articles on American Catholicism and Jewish-Christian relations.