ESBVM usa will meet on May 1st, 2010, in Washington, DC area
Posted by esbvmusa on March 22nd, 2010
Spring meeting of the ESBVM usa
This meeting will be held in the Washington, DC area on May 1st, at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church, 8601 Wolftrap Road, Vienna, Virginia.
For directions & info go to: http://www.olgcva.org or email vkimball@assumption.edu
SCHEDULE:
Registration will begin at 9am and the program commences at 10am. A light lunch will be served (donations gratefully accepted), followed by a business meeting.
THE PROGRAM:
ESBVM is proud to welcome our primary speaker, Mr. Kenneth D. Whitehead, author of many books and articles dealing primarily with church history and liturgy. The title of his presentation is “The Catholic View on Ecumenism.” Among his numerous writings is his recently published book, The New Ecumenism. He has also translated some 20 books from foreign languages. Mr. Whitehead is a retired U.S. Government official who joined the administration of President Ronald Reagan as Director of International Education Programs in the Department of Education, eventually serving as Assistant Secretary for post-secondary education. He came to the Department of Education from the Foreign Service where had been an Arabic-language and Middle East Specialist. His tours of duty included Rome, Tripoli, Libya, Beirut, and Lebanon. He is fluent in French and Italian. Mr. Whitehead is a member of St. James Parish in Falls Church, Virginia, and he and his wife Margaret have four grown sons.
Catholic-Evangelical Dialogue: Next, Dr. Virginia Kimball, President of ESBVM usa, will lead an open discussion on the Evangelical-Roman Catholic report published in the November 2009 issue of First Things. The document may be found on www.esbvm.org. Bring questions and comments for discussion. Dr. Kimball is Eastern Orthodox and an adjunct professor at Assumption College in Worcester, MA.
The business meeting will follow lunch. All are welcome to attend. ESBVM Vice-President Frank Romance will make a presentation on the demographics of ESBVM usa and the status of our membership. In addition, the board will review the galley of the new publication of the ESBVM International Congress 2008 papers, Mary for God’s Love and Glory. A brief discussion will be held concerning a possible future pilgrimage to Guadalupe, Mexico, sponsored by ESBVM USA.
April 12th, 2010 at 21:44
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