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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    Fr Bill, OSM
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    Dr Virginia Kimball, Chapter President

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

Publications

Please send orders for any of the publications below to the Publications Secretary, accompanied by a cheque made payable to ESBVM. Customers outside the UK are asked to pay by international money order or sterling cheque. Enquiries about ESBVM publications can also be emailed.

BOOKS
mfteMary for the Love and Glory of God, a publication of ESBVM USA, is collection of ecumenical essays by scholars representing various Christian denominations that were presented at the International Congress of the ESBVM in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, in 2008, has recently been published in the United States by ESBVM USA through AuthorHouse. The contributors to this book focus their attention on Mary, the Mother of Christ, the biblical disciple whose life brings us to the love and glory of God. Contributing authors are Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, and Protestant, and include: Very Rev. John Behr, Dean of Vladimir’s Seminary in New York; Dr. Robert L. Fastiggi, Professor of Sacred Theology at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit; Sr. Nonna Verna Harrison, an Eastern Orthodox nun and specialist in Patristics and Orthodox Theology; Dr. Maura Hearden, a Roman Catholic scholar and professor at DeSales University in PA; Rev. Jennifer Mary Kimball, pastor of the First Congregational Church UCC in Walton, NY; Dr. Virginia M. Kimball, an Eastern Orthodox theologian and president of the ESBVM USA; Rev. Dr. Donald Charles Lacy, United Methodist Pastor and well-known ecumenical author and lecturer; Sr. Barbara Jean Mihalchick OSBM, a Byzantine Catholic sister and vocation director for the Sisters of the Order of St. Basil in Uniontown, PA; Sr. Mary Catherine Nolan, a Roman Catholic Dominican sister and Marian theologian; Rev. Dr. Edward J. Ondrako, OFM Conv, scholar in residence at the Franciscan International Study Center in Canterbury, Kent, England; and Rev. Dr. Paul Snowden Russell III, an Anglican priest, noted Syriac scholar, and Dean of the St. Joseph of Arimathea Anglican Theological College, in Berkeley, CA. In the United States, Mary for the Love and Glory of God is available for $25 through AuthorHouse at www.authorhouse.com, as well as other online booksellers. It is available in the UK from www.authorhouse.co.uk, ISBN 978-1-4567-5667-3. The cost is £15.95.

mfte Mary for Time & Eternity centres our attention at various points on the spectrum Mary – Ecumenism: particular attention is given to the Blessed Virgin’s increasing importance in the various ecumenical dialogues such as ARCIC – Anglicans with Roman Catholics, Roman Catholics with Lutherans and with Methodists, and the interdenominational Groupe des Dombes. Special attention is given to the prayed mariology of heart and mind as exemplified by both Orthodox and Catholic theologians, and is drawn also to Mary’s place, not always apparent, in Protestant thought as well as in non-Christian religions. There are essays on specific ecumenists especially in relation to Mary, and analyses of the way in which mariology has been approached, especially by the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary itself. 368 pages – Publication July 2007 – £20.00. Available direct from Gracewing Publishing, 2 Southern Avenue Leominster HA6 0QF. Please indicate that you wish to buy from the ESBVM’s stock that is held at Gracewing. Thank you.
mfhe Mary for Earth and Heaven is a new collection of writings on Mary and Ecumenism, which, like its predecessor Mary is for Everyone, comprises papers from many different perspectives. It also includes selected homilies, delivered at Congresses and Conferences of ESBVM between 1997 and 2001. It is edited by William McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock (Gracewing, 2002) pp. 386, pbk, £17.99 + £1.60 p&p. It includes papers by Cahal Daly, Josephine Robinson, John Macquarie, Kallistos Ware, Jeremy Sheehy and the late Edward Yarnold and 23 others. Available direct from Gracewing Publishing, 2 Southern Avenue Leominster HA6 0QF. Please indicate that you wish to buy from the ESBVM’s stock that is held at Gracewing. Thank you.
mife Mary is for Everyone is a collection of papers edited by William McLoughlin and Jill Pinnock (Gracewing, 1997) pp. 320, pbk, £17.99 + £1.60 p&p. It includes papers by Bernard Barlow, Roger Greenacre, Ann Loades, John McHugh, Paul McPartlan, John Newton, Gordon Wakefield, the late Edward Yarnold and 16 others. Available direct from Gracewing Publishing, 2 Southern Avenue Leominster HA6 0QF. Please indicate that you wish to buy from the ESBVM’s stock that is held at Gracewing. Thank you.

Mary and the Churches (Chichester Congress 1986 Papers), ed Stacpoole, Columba Press. £7 inc p&p. Mary in Doctrine and Devotion (Liverpool Congress 1989 Papers), ed Stacpoole and Pinnock, Columba Press. £7 inc p&p.

PAMPHLETS

Regular publication of pamphlets on Marian and ecumenical topics has been a regular and importat part of the work of the ESBVM since its inception. It is the intention of the Society to make its back catalogue of pamphlets available freely online as PDF files. There will be no charge for pamphlets made available electronically. Please understand that ESBVM has no paid staff and all of its work is done by people engaged usually full-time in other work and ministries. Some older pamphlets have no electronic master copy in existence and may have to be reconstructed from printed copies or pre-publication texts. For those pamhlets not yet avalable in PDF format, these are generally available at 60p per copy plus P&P and an administrative charge if it is no longer in print and a photocopy has to be made. Please contact ESBVM headquarters to obtain pamphlets not yet available in PDF format. Also available are some copies of collections of Congress papers: Supplements to The Way for Birmingham 1975, Canterbury 1981, and Dublin 1984; Reprint from One in Christ for Oxford/London 1979, all at £1 each + postage; and a few copies of One in 2000 by Paul McPartlan for £4.00.

If there is a particular pamphlet that you wish to access electronically that is not yet available, please email the web master who will endeavour to prioritize the digitization of that title.

2008 Emerging voices in the World of Marian Theology, Marie Farrell (Read online | Download as a PDF )
2007 Mary, A Bridge of Unity, Sven-Eric Brod (Read online | Download as a PDF)
Walsingham :An Annotated Bibliography, Lin Seagren Jenkins
2006 The Blessed Virgin Mary & the English Hymnal, Canon Martin Draper
An Anglican & Catholic View of Mary 1696 & 1703, Peter Sibley
ARCIC Statement on Mary-Grace & Hope, Dr Desmond Miller
2005 The Ecumenical Principles of Hugh Price Hughes by David Carter
Is that any way to speak to your Mother, lad? by Michael Russell
The Immaculate Conception: History & Ecumenism by Fr Leo Spicer OSM
2004 The origin and practice of the Salve Regina, John Desmond Miller (Read online | Download as a PDF)
The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Doctrine and Devotion of John & Charles Wesley, The Rev’d Norman Wallwork
Mary & Carmel, Hilary Shaw
2003 Fire and Spirit in Her Womb: Mary in the Poetry of St Ephrem, Jill Pinnock (Read online | Download as a PDF)
The contribution of the Abbe Paul Couturier to the week of prayer for Christian unity, Sister Teresa Burke
The Rev’d Neville Ward of Bath: A Methodist Mariologist, John Newton
2002 Mary, Disciple of the Lord: Changes in the use of Scripture in Marian Masses since 1970, Richard Rutt
Concerning Recent Marian Apparitions, Jacques Cabaud (Read online | Download as a PDF)
Work in Progress: The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Anglican tradition, Richard Garrard (Read online | Download as a PDF)
2001 Luther on the Magnificat, Donal Flanagan
Before I knew you in the womb, Moira Lenartowicz
The Betrothal and Marriage of Mary to Joseph, Bernard Orchard (Read online | Download as a PDF)
2000 Understanding ‘The Gift of Authority’ by Bishop John Baycroft
Our Lady and the Ecumenical Movement in the light of her maternal patronage by Mark Elvins
Spirituality of Ecumenical Dialogue by David Carter
1999 Mary in the Catholic-Assyrian Dialogue: An Assyrian Perspective by Mar Bawai Soro
The Psalter of Mary: A Lutheran Approach to the Holy Rosary by H W M Tajra
Mary and Localityby Jeremy Sheehy
1998 1998The ESBVM Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Edward Knapp-Fisher
The Place of Mary in the Church (?Co-Redeemer), Ware, Greenacre, Laurentin, Storkey, O’Carroll
ARCIC I and II: An Anglican Perspective, Christopher Hill (Read online | Download as a PDF)
1997 Mary, Icon of the Covenant by David Chapman Mary Theotokos in the Orthodox Tradition by Kallistos Ware
The Veneration of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the Church prior to the Council of Ephesus AD431 by Marie Farrell
Hierarchical Triads: Women’s Spirituality and the Theotokos by Natalia Vakoulenko
1996 Rest and Light Perpetual: Prayer for the Departed in the Communion of Saints, David Chapman (Read online | Download as a PDF)
Paul’s Problems and the Assumption of Mary: The Grammar of St Paul and the Eschaton of the Mother of God, John Hunwicke
Newman on Mary: Two Studies in Development, Hermann Geissler and Roger Jupp
1995 Mark Frank (1613-1664) A Caroline Preacher by Roger Greenacre [Mary in C17 C of E]
Our Lady and Some Mediaeval Anchorites by Kenneth Noakes
The Lady Vanishes: A Brief outline of `Our Lady of Methodism’ by Nigel Young
1994 Mother of Christ, Bride of Christ by Graham Leonard
Marian Ecumenism: Past, Present, Future by J P Farrelly & David Carter
Mary, Model of the Church by Roger Nesbitt
1993 Devotion to Mary among the Hidden Christians of Japan by Stephen Turnbull
Mary, Pilgrimages and Protestants: Do They Belong Together? by Donald G. Dawe
Ecumenical Encounter Methodism, The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Roman Catholic Church by Frances Young & David Carter
1992 The Two Lady Altars in Canterbury Cathedral by Margaret Sparks
Mary and the Eucharist: A Seventeenth Century Anglican View by Charles Miller
Why Did St Thomas Reject the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of Mary? by Marcus Hodges
1991 The Virgin Mary, Daughter of the East by Archbishop John Zora of Ahwaz
The Tradition of the Garden of the Theotokos by the Hieromonk Damian
Our Lady: Sign of Hope on our Pilgrim Way towards Christian Unity by Anthony M Churchill
1990 The Cult of our Lady in the Presbyterian and Catholic Ministries of W E Orchard by Norman Wallwork
Mother Out of Sight by Roger Greenacre An Ecumenical Office of Mary, the Mother of Jesus (revised and enlarged edition)
1989 Behold the Bread of the Holy Family, Kenneth Noakes
Mary for Teilhard and de Lubac, Paul McPartlan (Read online | Download as a PDF)
The Origin of the Title `Dowry of Mary’ and the Shrines of Our Lady at Westminster, Mark Elvins
1988 Modern Evangelical Views of the Virgin Mary by John Wenham
The Ecumenical Significance of Redemptoris Mater
by Thomas O’Loughlin
Door into the Rose-Garden: T S Eliot and the Gate of Heaven
by Kathleen Watson
1987 The Akathistos Hymn in two translations with Introductions, Kallistos Ware and Roger Green
Mary in the Writings of Dante, Max Saint
The Immaculate Conception: A Search for Convergence, Edward Yarnold and Kallistos Ware
1986 Devotion to Our Lady in an Ecumenical Age, Edward Knapp-Fisher
The Virgin Mary in the Methodist Tradition, Norman Wallwork
The Virginal Conception of Jesus, John McHugh
1985 Communications at the Dublin Congress I
Communications at the Dublin Congress II
Blessed Mary and the Holy Spirit’s Indwelling, Reginald Mitchell
The Ecumenical Vision of Charles Augustus Briggs, Donald Dawe
1984 Mary and the Humanity of Jesus, Gordon Wakefield
Mary in Ecumenical Dialogue, Alberic Stacpoole
The Blessed Virgin Mary in Vatican II: Twenty Years Later, Robert Faricy
1983 Mary: Intercessor, Neville Ward
The Place of Mary in Early Anglican Thought, Ralph Townsend
What Event Does the Magnificat Celebrate?, Daniel Rees
1982 The Courtesy of Our Lady, Avril Bruten
Anglicans, Roman Catholics and the Blessed Virgin Mary, Edward Yarnold
Prospects for Unity: An Anglican View, Edward Knapp-Fisher
1981 The Earliest Known Invocation of the Mother of God, John McHugh
The Motherhood of Mary in Nineteenth-Century Denmark, A M Allchin
An Ecumenical Office of Mary the Mother of Jesus (1st Edition)
1980 Mary, An Evangelical Viewpoint, Keith Weston
Embodiment of Unmerited Grace, Eric Gritsch [Mary in Lutheranism]
Martin Gillett KSG: A tribute
1979 Mary the Example of Motherhood, Emmanuel Babatunde
Our Lady of Europe, Ambrose Weekes
1978 A Woman in Israel, Nicholas de Lange
Living Lourdes, A G C King
Immaculate Conception, John MacQuarrie
1977 From Dysfunction to Disbelief, Donald Dawe
The Bible and Tradition in regard to the Blessed Virgin Mary, John McHugh, John de Satgé et al
The English Tradition of the Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, Alberic Stacpoole
1976 The Evangelical Mary, John de Satgé
Mary as an Ecumenical Problem, Ross Mackenzie
The Holy Spirit and Mary, Alan Clark
The Assumption, John Saward
1975 Mary and Right Belief in Christ, Eric Kemp
1973 Mary in Syriac Tradition, Sebastian Brock
Mary in the Communion of Saints, Réné Laurentin
1972 Mary’s Place in Our Redemption, John Coventry
1971 Newman’s Teaching on the Blessed Virgin Mary, Stephen Dessain
Mary’s Place in the Ecumenical Dialogue, Alan Clark
Mary in Islam, R J McCarthy
An Ecumenical Future for a Roman Catholic Theology of Mary, Donal Flanagan
The Place of the Blessed Virgin in a Secular Age, F M Jelly
1970 Mary – The Gaiety of God, Ada Ammon
Mary, the Obedient Woman, Henry Cooper
The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Sarum Tradition, J E Fison
1969 The Caroline Divines, Donald Nicholson
Pope Pius XII and the Blessed Virgin Mary, H E Cardinale
Our Lady and Ecumenism, H E Cardinale
The Mother of God in Orthodox Theology and Devotion, Kallistos Ware
Magnificat, Stewart Denyer
Intercession, Gordon Wakefield
1968 The Mother of God, Eric Mascall
The Blessed Virgin and the Post-conciliar Scene, Gordon Wheeler
1967 Mother of Jesus: The Blessed Virgin Mary in the Bible, Ralph Russell
The Methodist Point of View (The Virgin Mary in Methodism), Gordon Wakefield
Mary in the Church, John de Satgé