A request from the editor
Mary and Child from a house in the city of Mdina in Malta
The forthcoming document on Mary, produced by the Anglican Roman Catholic International Commission (ARCIC), gives us a chance to look at images of Mary in art and devotion in the Anglican Communion. The Anglican Communion Office is willing to use images, prayers, sermons, and other items from around the Communion within this publication.
Scanned photos and postcards of Mary would be ideal, but also any sermons, articles, hymns, prayers, poems by Anglican clergy or laity. Scanned work by children would be particularly welcome.
Please make a copy of all items sent in as none can be returned. A statement authorising its use by the copyright holder must accompany each item. No fees can be paid, but credit will be given for each item used.
When Archbishop Michael Ramsey met with Pope Paul VI in March 1966 they set an agenda of items needed for discussion between the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church. Mary was the last of those topics. With the completion of the agreed statement, Mary: Grace and Hope in Christ, ARCIC II brings to completion the agenda for dialogue mandated in 1966.
The statement is due to be published later this year and is a joint publication between the Anglican Consultative Council and the Pontifical Council for Christian Unity.
Please do not reply to this email address but send instead to:
mary.acns@anglican.communion.org
For information on ARCIC, click here