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>>Did you also notice that Scripture is silent concerning Mary after the Ressurection?<<

Acts 1:14
She didn’t disappear!

My bad. I didn't make it clear that by "silent" the implication is that she had no further influence or action recorded in Scripture.

We do hear of some of his brothers, who seemingly became believers after His accension, taking an active part in this new Church including James who became the leader, but nothing of His mother.

Actually Acts 1:14-16 presents a slight "problem" concerning the use of "brother" and "brother" in Acts 1:14 and Acts 1:16. It appears, to this old guy and more than 700 million "ignorant" non-Catholics that Acts 1:14 speaks to a discrete group of "brothers" as opposed to the entire group of "brothers/brethren" in Acts 1:16.

Acts 1: (Ignatius Edition)
14 All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers.
15 In those days Peter stood up among the brethren (the company of persons was in all about a hundred and twenty), and said,
16* "Brethren, the scripture had to be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit spoke beforehand by the mouth of David, concerning Judas who was guide to those who arrested Jesus.

Allow me to "correct" my grevious error. :)

Scripture is silent concerning any influence of Mary (Mother of Jesus) after the ressurection.