ESBVM Congress – ‘Mission and the Place of the Blessed Virgin Mary’ – July 2010
Posted by esbvm on June 28th, 2010
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INTRODUCTION
The congress is timely in the anniversary year of the Centenary of the seminally ecumenically influential Edinburgh Missionary Conference of 1910 / the 50th anniversary of the inspirational foundation of the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity Secretariat for Christian Unity and the challenging 60th or Diamond Anniversary Jubilee of the promulgation of Pius XII’s Apostolic Constitution ‘Munificentissimus Deus’ defining the Dogmatic teaching on the Assumption. These blending anniversaries prompt reflection on themes in which there will be an opportunity to explore and reflect on whether and how the Virgin Mary has been taken into different cultures around the world.
PROGRAMME
Monday 19th July 2010
Lecture I: Rev Dr David M Chapman (Methodist Faith and Order Committee) ‘Revisiting the Edinburgh Missionary Conference: Encounter, Inculturation and Mary
Tuesday 20th July
Lecture II: Dr.Virginia Kimball (Professor of Theology, Assumption College, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA): ‘The Bible at the core of Marian ecumenical dialogue: What kind of exegesis has been helpful?’
Lecture III: Bishop Andrew Burnham (Anglican Bishop of Ebbsfleet): ‘The Re-enchantment of the Liturgy and other reflections’
Lecture IV: Fr John Jillions (Associate Professor of Theology at the Sheptytsky Institute of Eastern Christian Studies, Saint Paul University in Ottawa): Reconciling Her Quarrelsome Children: The Theotokos of Pochaiv Among Orthodox and Catholics in Ukraine and Canada
Wednesday 21st July
Lecture V: Dr.Jan Rhodes ‘”The rosarie, psalter, or croune of our Laidie” in sixteenth century England’
Lecture VI: ‘An overview of a small corner of Marian Liturgy – The Hereford Breviary and other uses’ M Bateson – the mediaeval breviary in Canterbury Cathedral archives / H
Nattrass/C Smith – A Marian Vespers from the Hereford Breviary background /H Nattrass/B Saul – A Marian Vespers from the Hereford Breviary – realising a modern performing version.
Thursday 22nd July
Lecture VII: ‘Popular Religiosity as an Instance of Catholicity and its bearing on the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in ecumenical exchange: A Roman Catholic Perspective.’
Fr.Christopher O’Donnell, O.Carm. (emeritus at the Milltown Institute, Dublin)
Lecture VIII: ‘Where does the Society go from here? The future task and purpose of the ESBVM’
The program also includes visits to: Our Lady’s Well, Fernyhalgh; Blackburn Cathedral; and Stoneyhurst College.
Further details and booking arrangements from: Congress Secretary at ESBVM Headquarters, 11, Belmont Road, Wallington, Surrey, SM6 8TE : e-mail: membership@esbvm.org.uk
July 28th, 2010 at 16:29
I used to be a member of ESBVM when I was a Methodist Presbyter. I left because I felt it was becoming so erudite it was in danger of becoming esoteric, with the result that not only would it have a limited membership but also its future would be in jeopardy. If we want Christians of all Churches to be more “ecumenical”- and even that is debatable! – then clearly Mary is a unique ecumenical focus. However most of our congregations are not academic intellectuals, and it is they who will be the real strength of ecumenism because in the main they are the Church. Maybe the priority of ESBVM should be a dimension of ecumenical mission and outreach. It needs spiritual fresh air and fresh expression to make it more aware of and sensitive to the majority of the laos, many of whom have never heard of ESBVM. If this emphasis was taken on board I would enthusiastically rejoin for I have a deep devotion to Mary. Best wishes, David.