ESBVM

The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary

  • The Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary (ESBVM) exists to advance the study at various levels of the place of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church, under Christ and of related theological questions; and in the light of such study to promote ecumenical devotion. Its aim is to show that, in the Blessed Virgin Mary, Christians of many traditions may find a focus in their search for unity.
    Prayer for the Society God our Father, through the Blessed Virgin Mary you gave your Son to be our Redeemer; send your blessing on the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary; so that strengthened by your grace, enlivended by by your Spirit, and renewed in the One whom Mary bore, your Church may grow in the unity You desire. We ask this through Jesus Christ your Son, our Lord.

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  • Contacts

    General enquiries (UK & international)
    Fr Bill, OSM
    Hon General Secretary

    General enquiries (USA)
    Dr Virginia Kimball, Chapter President

    Membership (UK & international)

    Publications

    Newsletter

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    ESBVM is registered in the UK as a charity. No. 282748

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18th International Congress, August 6th – 9th 2012: ‘45 Years on from Charing Cross’, Marking the Anniversary Year of the Foundation of ESBVM

Posted by esbvm on July 21st, 2012

Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre, Birmingham

Speakers:

‘The Appearance of the Blessed Virgin Mary in English Medieval Alabasters’
Dr Penny Wallis

‘Music in the Marian Tradition -
Is ecumenical Marian devotion possible through contemporary music?’
Ben Saul, M.A., ARCO

‘Icons Expressing the Continuing Vitality of an Ancient Tradition of Art and Devotion’
Silvia Dimitrova

‘Mary and the Preferential Option for the Poor’
illustrated through Art with ecumenical reflections
Fr Paul M. Addison OSM

‘Lines for Our Lady: An Hour of Poetry with Marian Poets,
among them Gerard Manley Hopkins – with a little interspersed music’
Revd. Bob Torrens and Revd. Marianne Atkinson

‘An overview of devotion to Our Lady in Glastonbury,
from 1184 until the present day Our Lady of Glastonbury’
Dr. Timothy F. Hopkinson-Ball

Local patrons of the congress include:
The Revd Bill Anderson, Chair of the Birmingham Methodist District
Abbot Aidan Bellenger, OSB. Abbot of Downside
Most Reverend Archbishop Bernard Longley, Roman Catholic Archbishop of Birmingham
The Right Revd Bishop David Urquart, Anglican Bishop of Birmingham.
The Revd Dr. Frances Young, O.B.E.

Tuesday 7th Aug @ 7.30pm
A Marian Concert with sacred, secular and instrumental Music
[lasting approximately one hour]
Open to Congress Participants & the General Public
Presented by The Girls’ Choir of St. Andrew by the Wardrobe, London
Under the direction of Ben Saul, M.A., ARCO

CLICK HERE FOR CONGRESS PROGRAMME

CLICK HERE FOR BOOKING FORM
Further details from the Hon Gen Sec on gensec@esbvm.org.uk / 01225 832096

Woodbrooke Quaker Centre, 1046 Bristol Road, Birmingham, B29 6LJ


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