CMS SEMINARS 2024-25

CMS Research Seminars take place via Zoom at 3pm (in the UK)
23 October 2024: ‘The Marian Signature of Singapore Catholicism’ – Dr Michel Chambon (Research Fellow at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore, coordinating the Initiative for the Study of Asian Catholics)
13th November 2024: ‘Theological and Philosophical Perspectives from Joseph Ratzinger and Peter Kreeft on Mary, the Mother of God, Providing the Grammar of Person in Humanity’ – Dr Mary Frances McKenna (Fellow of the Centre for Marian Studies)
11th December 2024: 'A Walk on the Wild Side: Pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City’ – Dr Sian Lacey Taylder (Fellow of the Centre for Marian Studies)
15th January 2025: ‘Russia and Peace: the Apparitions of Fatima as Prophecy’ – Dr Chris Maunder (Foundation Fellow of the Centre for Marian Studies)
26th February 2025: ‘The Passion of Jesus (and Mary) according to Maria of Agreda and Anne Catherine Emmerich’ – Fr. Edward Looney (Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish,hawano, WI, USA; former President and currently Secretary of the Mariological Society of America)
26th March 2025: ‘The Annunciation in Theology and Art: shedding new light on an old doctrine’ – Professor Tina Beattie (Emerita Professor of Catholic Studies, the University of Roehampton)
9th April 2025: ‘Mary’s kenosis of faith’ – Fr Jim Doyle (Aumônier of the Irish Chaplaincy. Paris, France)
14th May 2025: ‘Aubrey de Vere's ecological Mary’ – Professor Emma Mason (Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, University of Warwick)
11th June 2025: 'Our Lady of the Watersmeet: Marian shrines on the tidal rivers of southern Wales and Gloucestershire' – Professor Sarah Jane Boss (Foundation Fellow of the Centre for Marian Studies)
FORTHCOMING CONFERENCES
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'Kiddist Maryam: Encountering Mary in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tradition’
25th and 26th April 2025 in Oxford and online
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You are welcome to attend for one or both days by registering using the links below.
Day 1 Academic Programme
Venue: Regent’s Park College, University of Oxford
Free In person and online but Day 1 eventbrite registration is required:
Kiddist Maryam: Encountering Mary in the Ethiopian Orthodox Tradition Day 1eventbrite.co.uk
Day 2 Cultural Programme
Venue: House of SS Gregory & Macrina
1 Canterbury Road, Oxford OX2 6LU
£15 for a full-day of cultural events: talks, art, poetry, Ethio-jazz, food
Tickets on eventbrite for Day 2 here:
For further information, please email: information@stgregoryandstmacrinahouse.co.uk
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The Mariological Society of America has announced the programme for its annual meeting, which will take place in Baltimore from 20th - 23rd May 2025. The theme is 'Marian Apparitions':
​http://mariologicalsociety.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/MSA-2025-Brochure.pdf
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Please visit the MSA website for full details of how to register: www.mariologicalsociety.com
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