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

Canterbury Branch report

Posted by esbvm on 28th February 2009

A well attended meeting was held in the Church Hall of St Thomas’ Church on 19 November 2008. Barbara Markham spoke about life after death. She started by using a recording of the chorister Andrew Johnston singing ‘Tears of Heaven’ and explained that the theme was to remind us that November is the month of the Holy Souls.

She then touched on the beliefs of other churches and religions concerning life after death. She emphasised experiments that have taken place with EVP (electric voice phenomena), demonstrating an example from an audio tape. She felt that eventually science would prove that life after death did exist. She ended her talk with a reminder of our own death and the confidence with which we can expect Our Lady to be with us in it as we have so often prayed to her with innumerable hail Marys during our life.

The meeting ended with a vigorous discussion on this controversial subject.

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