HOPE & VISION
HOPE & VISION: Our Premiere Issue…………………………………………………………….3 ESBVM USA: Who are we? What do we do? What is the result?............................4 Letters……………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 Mark Your Calendar: ESBVM Annual Conference…………………………………………….8 ESBVM USA: Building Marian Bridges within a “Melting Pot”………………………….10 Mary in Culture: Catacomb Art……………………………………………………………………….24 Ecumenism at Work: Christian Churches Together………………………………………….27 A Marian Approach to Recovery from Addiction……………………………………………..29 Off the Shelf: The Place for a Good Read……………………………………………………….41 Mary on the Map: Poland-Our Lady of Czestochowa……………………………………….43 Pondering the Bible: Mary in Luke 1:26-35……………………………………………………..48 Registration Form: ESBVM Conference 2014………………………………………………….50 An Ecumenical Meditation: Matthew 13:47……………………………………………………..51 Editor (Acting) – Virginia M. Kimball, STL, STD Assistant Editor – Susan L. Fall is a publication of the Ecumenical Society of the Blessed Virgin Mary USA (ESBVM USA), which exists to advance the study of Mary, the Mother of Christ, in Christian biblical and spiritual perspectives, and in the light of such study, to promote ecumenical interchange and prayer. Its aim is to show that in Mary, Christians of many traditions may find a focus in their search for unity.
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