Library
Welcome to the Library page of the Ecumenical Marian Pilgrimage Trust.
Here are the texts of addresses delivered at our conference pilgrimages, which can be downloaded in PDF format. If your computer cannot read PDF documents, you can install the necessary software by following this link for Adobe Acrobat Reader.
In each case copyright belongs to the author. The trustees are most grateful to the contributors for permitting their published addresses to be made available to a wider readership online. Permission to reproduce a text should be sought from the author.
Otherwise, the texts and recordings from the Pilgrimages conducted by Ecumenical Marian Pilgrimage Trust are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.
Below are the links to the texts and recordings of addresses from our past Pilgrimages to Walsingham, listed by year in alphabetical name order. Simply click on the title to download the document you would like to see, or press 4 to listen to a talk on our "Ecumarian" YouTube channel. We are very grateful to Mr Desmond Miller for making the recordings. Where there is no recording, it is usually because the address accompanied an integral slide presentation, which it is not possible for us to reproduce.
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2015 - Walsingham
- Metropolitan Kallistos Ware: The Teaching of Sergius Bulgakov on the Mother of God
- Bishop Alan Hopes: Homily on the Solemnity of St Joseph at the Basilica of Our Lady of Walsingham
- Bishop Jonathan Goodall: Sermon at St Mary's Parish Church, Walsingham
- Msgr John Armitage: The Virgin's Name was Mary - Opening Address at the Shrine Church
- The Revd Dr David Cornick: Mary in the Bibile - Sermon at Walsingham Methodist Church
- The Revd Fr Philip Corbett: A Theological Reflection on the Marian Shrines of Nagasaki
- Sister Marie Farrell: The Australian Scene - Aboriginal Spirituality and the Mother of God
- Professor Morna Hooker: Scriptural Holiness: Paul’s Understanding of Sanctification
- Professor Hooker: A Walsingham Bible Study - Mark 3.19b-35 & 6.1-6
- Fr George Joy: Mother Mary in the Indian Orthodox Church
- Fr Ivan Moody: The Mother of God in Orthodox Church Music
- Fr Phillip Swingler: Exegesis: Reflection on Galatians 4: 4-7
- The Revd Prebendary Norman Wallwork: God Incarnate in the Hymns of Charles Wesley
- Fr Mark Woodruff: The Ecumenism of Blood, Benediction Address at Walsingham Catholic Church
- Fr Mark Woodruff: Visitation in Haste
- Archpriest Stephen Platt: The Virgin Hodogetria - Closing Address at the Shrine Church
Texts from the 2015 Pilgrimage were published in 2015 in Mary, Bearer of the Eternal Word, ISBN 978-0-955-1151-6-5
2014 - Egmanton & Newark
- Fr Phillip Swingler: Blessed are the eyes that see what you see - Homily at Mass at Egmanton
This text fromt the May 2014 Pilgrimage to Egmanton was published in 2015 in Mary, Bearer of the Eternal Word, ISBN 978-0-955-1151-6-5
2013 - Walsingham
- H.E. Kallistos, Metropolitan of Diokleia: The Akathist to Mary Mother of God
- Archbishop Bernard Longley of Birmingham: Homily at the Catholic Pilgrimage Mass
- Bishop Jonathan Baker of Fulham: Homily at the Anglican Pilgimage Mass
- Bishop Baker: Reflection on The Man Born Blind
- Dr Margaret Barker (Methodist): The Lady in The Temple
- Dr Barker: Zoodochos Pege - The Life-Receiving and Life-Giving Spring
- The Very Revd Thomas Bruch - Mary in Lither Tradition
- Fr Philip Corbett: The Annunciation
- Fr Dominic Cosslett: Mary as the Memory of the Church
- Sister Marie Farrell rsm: An Australian Mary: Ecumenism and the Mother of God
- Nick Mayhew-Smith: Britain’s Holiest Places
- The Revd Mark Rowland: "Rejoice, never silent Voice of the Apostles"
- The Very Revd John Salter (Patriarchal Counsellor for Ecumenical Relations of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church of Antioch, Chairman of the Society of St John Chrysostom): Fr Henry Joy Fynes-Clinton, Ecumenist of East and West
- The Revd Adam Stevenson: Towards a Marian Theology of Place
- Fr Mark Woodruff: The Mother of the Vine
Texts from the 2013 Pilgrimage were published in 2013 in Mary Mirror of All Virtues, ISBN 978-0-9551151-5-8
2012 - Heron's Ghyll and Our Lady of Buxted
- Esme HOWARD - St John's Church, Heron''s Ghyll, and the Howard Family
- A Guide to the Church of St Mary and the Walsingham Chapel at Buxted
- Nigel O'NEILL - The Nazareth of Sussex (in preparation)
The texts of Esme Howard's and Nigel O'Neill's talks were published in 2013 in Mary Mirror of All Virtues, ISBN 978-0-9551151-5-8
2011 - Walsingham
- Dr Margaret BARKER - Sermon: God be in my Head 4
- Dr Margeret BARKER - Mary and The Temple 4
- The Rt Revd Christopher Cocksworth, Lord Bishop of Coventry - Evangelical Mary
- The Revd Dr Dee DYAS - visit the site of the Centre for Christianity & Culture for details of her media resources
- The Revd Stephen GALLAGHER, Shrine Priest & Assistant Administrator - Address at the Sprinkling 4
- The Revd George HACKNEY - Meditation with St John of Kronstadt 4
- HE the Most Revd KALLISTOS, Metropolitan of Diokleia - The Blessed Virgin Mary as Mother of God: the meaning of the title 'Theotokos' 4
- The Rt Revd Robert LADDS - Walsingham: The Holy House 4
- Sister Camilla OBERDING - Our Lady of Walsingham and her significance for our times 4
- The Revd Michael REAR - The Image of Our Lady of Walsingham 4
- Abba Shenouda Asham SHENOUDA - The Coptic Church and People in History 4
- The Rt Revd Linsday URWIN - Incarnation & Atonement - 4
- The Revd Alan WILLIAMS SM - Homily 4
- The Revd Mark WOODRUFF - Early Irish Devotion to Christ in his Passion 4
- QUESTION TIME - Panel Discussion, with Metropolitan Kallistos (Ecumenical Patriarchate), in the chair, Bishop Robert Ladds (Church of England), Prebendary Norman Wallwork (Methodist Church), Fr John Baggley (Catholic), Abba Shenouda Asham Shenouda (Coptic Orthodox Church) 4
- The AKATHIST HYMN - served by Metropolitan KALLISTOS 4
Texts from the 2011 Pilgrimage were published in Mary in Pilgrimage in 2012, ISBN 978095515134.
2010 - Our Lady of Evesham
Unfortunately the texts of the Homilies at the Catholic Shirne Church of Our Lady and the Methodist Church, and the walking tour of the Abbey remains are unavailable.
2009 - Walsingham
- The Revd Shnork BAGHDASSARIAN - St Mary and the Armenian Church: doctrine, ritual, feasts, customs and traditions 4
- Helen BROCK - The Cherub and the Thief: a Syriac Dialogue Poem 4
- The Rt Revd Dr Peter FORSTER, Lord Bishop of Chester - Why did God choose Mary? Sermon at Choral Evensong in the Parish Church of St Mary and All Saints, Little Walsingham 4
- The Revd John HUNWICKE - The Woman of Triumph 4
- HE The Most Revd KALLISTOS, Metropolitan of Diokleia - Mary's Vocation and Our Own 4
- The Revd Dr Athanasius MCVAY - Pre-Ecumenical Uniates - Ecumenical Eastern Churches 4
- The Revd Dr Philip SWINGLER - At the Cross: John 19 4
- The Revd Dr Colin THOMPSON - The Wedding at Cana: John 2 4
- The Revd Prebendary Norman WALLWORK - The Eucharistic Mary 4
- The Revd Sandy WILLIAMS - Rescue, Release and Redemption: Mary and Exodus Traditions in the Gospel of Matthew and their relevance for today 4
- The Revd Mark WOODRUFF - Arca Foederis: the Theotokos, Lambert Beauduin and the Church's Prayer for Unity
- QUESTION TIME - Panel Discussion, with Prebendary Norman Wallwork (Methodist Church), in the chair, Metropolitan Kallistos (Ecumenical Patriarchate), Fr John Hunwicke (Church of England), Fr Philip Swingler (Catholic) The Revd Anne Stanley (Methodist) 4
- The AKATHIST HYMN - served by Metropolitan KALLISTOS 4
The texts from the 2009 Pilgrimage were published in Ecumenical Prospects of Mary in 2010, ISBN 978095515127.
2008 - Our Lady of Caversham and Reading Abbey Day Pilgrimage
Unfortunately the texts of the Homily from the Abbot of Douai at Caversham and the walking tour of the Abbey Ruins are not available
2007 - Walsingham
- The Rt Revd John BROADHURST, Bishop of Fulham - From Generation to Generation. Homily at the Sung Eucharist at the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
- Dr Sebastian BROCK - Mary in Syriac Tradition
- The Revd Leon CARBERY - Praying Together - the Call to Unity
- The Revd Anthony CLEMENTS - The Coptic Tradition
- HE The Most Revd KALLISTOS, Metropolitan of Diokleia - 'Beyond all holiness' - St Nicholas Cabasilas on the Mother of God
- HE The Most Revd KALLISTOS, Metropolitan of Diokleia - The Wisdom of the Mother of God
- His Excellency the Most Revd Faustino Sainz MUNOZ, Apostolic Nuncio - Per Matrem ad Filium. Homily at the Sung Mass at the Roman Catholic Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham
- The Revd Dr Jonathan PYE - A story of losing and finding
- The Revd Dr Jonathan PYE - Mary, Mother of Joys and Sorrows: Model of Pastoral Care. Homily at the Free Church Eucharist at Walsingham Methodist Church
- Dom Alberic STACPOOLE OSB - Father & Son, and Mother
- Dom Anthony SUTCH OSB - The human face of God
- Sister Benedicta WARD OSB - Our Lady, 'Star of the Sea'
Texts from the 2007 Pilgrimage were published in 2008 in Further Prospects of Mary, ISBN 9780955115110.
2003-5 - Walsingham
- The Most Revd Richard CLARKE, Anglican Bishop of Meath & Kildare - Protecting Mary
- The Revd Samuel McC. HARRIS - A Great Sign in Heaven
- The Rt Revd Bishop KALLISTOS, Bishop of Diokleia - Am i not free? The Mother of God as icon of human freedom (2003)
- Dr J. Desmond MILLER - The Miraculous Medal: Icon of Mary's Maternal Mediation
- The Revd Dr John NEWTON - Methodists and Mary
- The Right Revd Geoffrey ROWELL, Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe - And pondered them in her heart
- Dom Alberic STACPOOLE OSB - The Women in Luke's Two Books
- Dom Alberic STACPOOLE OSB - Modern Ecumenism: Present Problems
- The Revd Prebendary Norman WALLWORK - The Sword that Pierced the Soul of Mary
In 2003 there were also the following unpublished presentations:
- His Grace Bishop ANGAELOS, Coptic Patriarchate of Alexandria - The Apparitions of Our Lady of Zeitoun
- The Revd Fr Anthony CLEMENTS - Coptic Meditation
- The Red Dr Leslie Griffiths - Sermon at the Methodist Church
- The Rt Revd Thomas MCMAHON, Bishop of Brentwood - The Master's Mind
- The Revd Fr John SALTER, Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarchal Counsellor for Ecumenical Relations - Our Lady of Soufanieh, a Melkite Shrine in Damascus
- The Revd Dom Alberic STACPOOLE OSB, Ampleforth Abbey - Our Lady of Lourdes and Medjugorje
Available texts from the 2003 and 2005 Pilgrimages were published in 2005 in Prospects of Mary, ISBN 09555115108.