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Marian Studies Volume 35 Proceedings of the Thirty-Fifth National Convention of The Mariological Society of America Article 15 held in Washington, D.C.

1984 A Survey of Recent Eamon R. Carroll

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The introduction and first division for this year's Survey is Mary and . Late last month (April, 1984), the Ecu­ menical Society of the Blessed Mary sponsored an inter­ national conference at Blackrock, College, Dublin, Ireland, with participants from England, Ireland, America and the European continent. The conference was organized by Dom Alberic Stac­ poole, O.S.B., general secretary of the Society, and by O'Carroll, C.S.Sp., leading figure in the Irish branch of the So­ ciety. Many principals of the parent English Society were present as well, e.g., E. Yarnold, S.J., Mr. Farrelly, Mr. McQuirk (trea­ surer), etc. American representatives included Msgr. John Mur­ phy, currently President of the American Ecumenical Society, Dr. Donald G. Dawe of Richmond, Virginia, Father D. Grigo­ rieff from Washington, Mrs. DeTrana and a half dozen more. The Blackrock conference was the sixth such international gathering the ESBVM has organized, beginning with , 1971. Many papers from previous conferences have been pub­ lished, in some cases the complete proceedings: for Birming­ ham, 1975, as the Summer, 1975 Supplement to the Way (no. 25, titled God and Mary); for London/Oxford, 1979, in One in 16 (1980: 1-2), and separately as well under the title Looking Forward; Canterbury, September, 1981, again as a Supplement to The Way Oune, 1982, n. 45: Mary and Ecume­ nism). It makes a joyful start for this year's Survey to announce the proximate publication of the major papers and some smaller "communications" from the five-day Irish meeting, to appear as Mary in , in Supplement to The Way (Au­ tumn, 1984, no. 51). A.J. Stacpoole do the introduction. There will be articles by Kevin McNamara of Kerry (his opening address, "The and Mary"); by Dr. Donald Dawe, Presbyterian, first President of the American Society (" of the in Ecumenical Perspec-

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tive"); by Anglican Bishop Richard Hanson ("Development of and Marian Theology"); Peter Hebblethwaite, English journalist ("The Mariology of John XXIII, Paul VI and John Paul II"); Mrs. Mary Anne DeTrana (from Richmond, Vir­ ginia, "Mary and the Role of Women in the Orthodox Tradi­ tion"); Bishop (England, "The Sanctity and Glory of the Mother of God: Some Orthodox Positions"); Pro­ fessor Desmond O'Connell (Ireland, "Virginity as a Creative Force"). There were eleven short "communications," some of which may find place in the published volume or as Society pamphlets. Among these further speakers were: John McHugh of England (Scripture); Peter O'Dwyer, O.Carm. (ancient Irish devotion to Mary); Donal Flanagan of Dublin (Mary and femi­ nism); Christopher O'Donnell, O.Carm. (Mary as charismatic); Sister Celine Mangan (Irish ecumenical joint statement on BVM); Dr. Grigorieff(contemporary Russia); David Doyle (apparitions); Brian Nolan, C.M. (infancy narratives); Eamon R. Carroll, 0. Carm. (Loyola University, Chicago, agreed statements from the international Mariological Congresses, 1965-1983); Edward Yarnold, S.J. (Mary in the ARCIC final report-from the Angli­ can-Roman international commission). Along with last month's Dublin conference there are other in­ dications that the Virgin Mary is receiving increased notice on the ecumenical scene. At the end of their lengthy statement jus­ tification by Faith (September 30, 1983; in Origins 13 [October 6, 1983] 277-304), the Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue in the United States noted the need to take up Mary and the cult of the in the context of the all-sufficient saving grace of Christ. And the Lutheran-Roman Catholic consultations did be­ gin the consideration of Mary in the of saints at their February, 1984, meeting, with F. M.Jelly, O.P., of our So­ ciety, present. The Marian hopes and difficulties of the Anglican-Roman Catholic dialogues have been reported on both international and American levels. Fr. Yarnold commented at Dublin on the ARCIC report, and NC's Origins printed the American bi-lat­ eral counterpart, of December 22, 1983: "ARC Dialogue Exam­ ines Difficult Questions. Images of God: Reflections on Chris-

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tian Anthropology," in Origins 13 Oanuary 5, 1984) 505-12, es­ pecially 511-12, under "The Communion of Saints," numbers 70-77. The new book by Geoffrey Wainwright, British Methodist (He will be giving a major paper, "Sacramental Theology and the ," to the Catholic Theological Society convention here in Washington next month Uune, 1984].) has a section on our Lady. The book is The Ecumenical Moment: Crisis and Op­ portunity for the Church (Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1983); the chapter is "Mary and ," pages 169-188, ex­ panded from a paper originally read to the Ecumenical Society of the BVM in England. The newly-published The Nature ofDoc­ trine. Religion and Theology in a Post-liberal Age (Westminster, Philadelphia, 1984) by the Lutheran George A. Lindbeck consid­ ers Marian in the chapter "Testing the Theory: Christol­ ogy, Mariology, and Infallibility," especially pages 96-98. Last month also {April, 1984), Canon A. M. Allchin of Can­ terbury published his latest, The joy ofAll Creation. An Angli­ can on the Place of Mary (Darton, Longman and Todd, London, 1984). Edward Yarnold, S.J., wrote the fore­ word. Canon Allchin has taken part in many ecumenical efforts, representing Canterbury and the Anglican world. This new book, as beautiful in content as in title, surveys Anglican thought from the seventeenth century through the nineteenth into the twentieth, enlising in the chorus of praise poets as well as preachers. A central theme is the role of the body as essential to the joy of and integral to the understand­ ing of Mary's place. The ESBVM continues to publish its thrice-yearly content­ packed Newsletter as well as occasional chosen lectures given in one or another of the ten English cities where the Society holds regular meetings, by way of two examples, Gordon Wakefield (Methodist), Mary and the Humanity of (given June, 1983, at Oxford; published , 1984), and A.). Stac­ poole's provocative Mary in Ecumenical Dialogue, given at the annual general meeting of the Society (London, March 5, 1984), and to be given again at the Marian Congress in Athlone, Ire­ land, on the theme Mary in the Church Today Ouly 1-6, 1984),

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to celebrate the centenary of the in Ireland. The book Mary's Place in Christian Dialogue, ed. by A.]. Stacpoole and published in England in 1982, has come out in an American edition (Morehouse-Barlow, Wilton, CT, 1983). I praised this twenty-five essay collection of papers from the ESBVM in my last year's Survey and now welcome its reasonably priced American appearance. The American Society has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.; current president is Msgr. John J. Murphy, with vice-presidents (both former presidents) D. Grigorieff(Russian Orthodox) and Domild G. Dawe (Presby­ terian). The American Society meets twice yearly, spring and fall, and has in planning a book of its own papers with a selec­ tive recommended reading list; memberships and other infor­ mation are available from the secretary-treasurer, Elise Smith (423-4th St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002). An ecumenical roundtable was a feature of the ninth interna­ tional Mariological Congress held in Malta, September, 1983; this was the sixth such ecumenical gathering in a series begun at Santo Domingo in 1965. As on previous occasions, the discus­ sions issued in an agreed statement, on the theme of Mary in the communion of saints, signed by seven Roman Catholic partic­ ipants and by seven r.epresentatives of other Christian bodies: Anglican, Orthodox, Lutheran, Calvinist (Reformed). It was dated September 15, 1983, and appeared, with the names of the signers, in the English weekly L'Osservatore Romano, Sep­ tember 26, 1983. An article by Walter Kasper, summarized in the fall, 1982 is­ sue o~ Theology Digest (not published in fact until January, 1984), "Dialog with Churches" (pages 213-216) mentions as two remaining major problems: 1) episcopal minis­ try-which brings in and the papacy, and, inevitably, eucharistic unity also; 2) "Veneration of the saints and Mariology; unlike the sixteenth century where such differ­ ences seemed non-basic, today mariology seems the touchstone for reaching accord on justification and ."

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ianum, Ephemerides Mariologicae, and Cahiers Man(tfs, and the annual proceedings of the Spanish and French Mariological Soci­ eties. The 1983 issues of Ephemen"des Mariologicae are to hand and illustrate ecumenical concern. In fact, the theme of fascicle III is "Maria en Lutero yen el ecumenismo actual," for the Lu­ theran anniversary of his birth, with an article by editor D. Fer­ nandez on Mary in Luther's book on the . In the third number also (v.33) is Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp., "Ecumenism and Our Lady. The English Situation," and in the fourth fasci­ cle, by William Cole, S.M., "Mary in Ecumenical Dialogue": both articles are well-informed. The first 1983 Ephemen"des Mariologicae has an article by V. M. Blat, O.C.D., on the Mar­ ian of St. Therese of Lisieux; by R. M. LOpez Mel us, 0. Carm., on Carmelite tradition before the time of S. Teresa (d. 1582); and by Ildefonso de la Inmaculada, O.C.D., on "Women who were Marian mystics." Since last year's Survey, the 1982 numbers of Marianum have come, in two double fascicles (v. 44, whole numbers 128 and 129), and one double fascicle for 1983 (v.45). There is the cus­ tomary polyglot variety: studia, miscellanea, and chronicles, documents, book reviews. Among the major 1982 articles are pieces by Luigi Gambero, S.M., (S. ), E. Uamas, O.C.D. (S. Teresa of Avila), E. Testa, O.F.M. (Dormi­ tion from standpoints of literature, theology and archeology). Miscellanea entries include V. Vasey, S.M. ("Bossuet on Mary's Maternal Love," English) and J.-P. Gabus (Protestant outlook on Marian devotion, French). With the second 1982 double­ number, editor I. Calabuig took a leaf from the Schoolmen and began a new department, Sic et non, choosing as subject L. Boffs 0 rostra materna de Deus (Brazil, 1979, also Spanish and Italian translations), with contrasting reviews by). Galot, S.J., and Xavier Pikaza. Sic et non reappears in the first 1983 double fascicle of Mar­ ianum, with respect to II Vangelo di Giovanni. Analisi linguis­ tica (Assisi, 1982) by and Juan Barreto-the reac­ tors are 0. da Spinetoli and V. Pasquetto, O.C.D. The articles in the same number are all exegetical: A. Serra, O.S.M., on "Rejoice, daughter of Sion" (Italian); A. Valentini, S.M.M., on

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the authorship of the Magnificat (Italian); K. Stock, S.J., on Mary's vocation (Luke 1, 26-38) (Italian version of the original German in Biblica 61 [1980) 457-491) favoring the 'vocation' rather than the 'announcement' interpretation, as a number of other scholars have done recently also; I. de la Potterie, S.J., on the virginal child-bearing of the Incarnate Word according to John 1, 13 (Italian); N. Lemmo, survey of interpretations of "daughter of Sion" and Luke 1, 26-38, from 1939 to 1982. F. Courth, S.A.C., of Germany, contributes the miscellanea item: "Mary-Evangelical Questions and Viewpoints: A Catholic As­ sessment" (German), in comment on recently expressed Ger- man Lutheran positions. ,. The 39th volume (1982) of Etudes man(tfes comes from the meeting held at Beauraing, Belgium, September 2-4, 1982. Beauraing, in the diocese of Namur, was chosen for the fiftieth anniversary of our Lady's appearances. The general subject was "Mary in the Church's ." Mana/is cultus served as a con­ stant resource; it is worth noting that Paul VI's great letter was also cited by many speakers at the Dublin ecumenical confer­ ence. President Charles Molette contributed the introduction; five papers followed: J. Schlosser's exegetical study on Mary in the prayer of the Church according to Luke 1, 48 and Acts 1, 14; B. Billet, the place of Mary in Paul VI's Roman Missal; P. You­ sif, Mary, mother of Christ in the pre-Chalcedonian Assyrian­ Chaldean ; A. Cabes, "the Mother ofJesus was there; tes­ timonies on Mary's presence in the life and prayer of young peo­ ple"; S. DeFiores (Montfort Father from ), Mary's place in the prayer of the Church-a theological reflection. Jacques Schlosser's .study showed a variety of touching Mary at the very origin of the Church: prayer of Mary (Magnifi­ cat), with Mary (Cenacle), perhaps even to Mary. Molette com­ mented also on the surprising neglect of the Marian pericope of Acts 1, 14, noting the few patristic references he has found, es­ pecially Chromatius (bishop of Aquileia, 388 to 407) in a ser­ mon on the origins of the Church. Chromatius appealed to Mary's prayer in the Cenacle in support of Church unity and apostolic . According to Schlosser, Luke the theologian is concerned with

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, with the continuity between and the Chris­ tian Church. The first two chapters of the depict praying people, exemplary Israelites; the opening chapters of Acts de­ pict the nascent Church similarly, celebrating the marvels of God. In Acts 1, 14, Schlosser notes Luke's characteristic empha­ sis on prayer; the opening of Acts is a nostalgic recall of the tem­ ple piety of Luke's infancy chapters. Mary's double citizenship, so to speak, daughter of Israel and member of the post- Church, helps greatly to mark the Church as the achievement of pious Israel. Both Luke 1, 48 and Luke 11, 27-28 bring out the depth of Mary's faith, a faith no different from Abraham's (in the God who makes the dead live and calls into being that which does not yet exist, Romans 4, 17), and hence we meet in Luke's Mary his ecclesiology "for she is first of all a , a member, the most eminent member perhaps, but member all the same, of the community of believers." "Member of the peo­ ple oflsrael, she shares in the change oflsrael into the Christian Church and provides convincing evidence thereby of the success of God's plan and the continuity of the history of ." Bernard Billet's paper on the Blessed Virgin in Paul VI's Missal assesses the Marian riches of the current liturgy. Fruit of the post-conciliar revisions, the first edition of the new missal came out in 1970, the second in 1975; the second has new votive Masses for the Holy Name of Mary and for Mary Mother of the Church, which have not yet found their way into approved translations for the United States. Inspired by Maria/is cultus, Dom Billet studies the current Sacramentary: 1) the ordinary of the (ordo missae), specifically the penitential rite, but also 2) credo and prefaces (wide choice). The penitential rite formula reflects that of the 12th- and 13th-century , Domin­ icans and , and is the strongest direct calling on Mary in the liturgy. The prefaces have many Marian references; those for December 8, August 15 and the votive Mass of Mary, Mother of the Church celebrate Mary's role in the community. 3) at the heart of the eucharistic prayer, the ancient (fourth-century) ref­ erence in the communicantes. 4) the solemn final blessing sug­ gested for our Lady's days: Mary, cause of our joy and source of blessing.

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With meticulous care Billet studies out the current Missal in all aspects-antiphons, proper prayers, , capital and lesser references to our Lady, with helpful charts. He notes, as have others also, the disequilibrium in the liturgy of the paschal , where Mary is hardly mentioned, pace the conciliar in­ sistence (Lumen gentium, 58) on her association to her Son's sac­ rifice. This is in surprising contrast to the prominent place she holds in the and cycles. Billet neglects no ele­ ment of the present Mass liturgy of our Lady-giving the back­ ground and content of all the antiphons and proper prayers throughout the year, and comparing the control texts with the French translations; something comparable might be done with profit for the English ICEL translations, now in course of revision. (Cf. John McHugh's brochure, On Englirhing the Lit­ urgy, Durham, 1983, 50 p., an open letter to the bishop of Shrewsbury, president of the liturgy commission of the ' conference of England and Wales.) Estudios Marianas, v. 48, comes from the 38th convention of the Spanish Mariological Society, held at , May, 1982: Fundamentos teol6gicos de Ia pie dad mariana. Sevzila y An datu­ cia, un testimonio (Salamanca, 1983, 603 pp.). The theme re­ flects reborn interest in popular religion; some papers are keyed to the double anniversary of the birth of St. Francis (1182) and the death of St. Teresa of Jesus (1582). The foreword gives the rationale of the and traces its development. Twenty-one papers fall under three heads: 1) Marian piety, its theological roots; 2) particular aspects; 3) witness of Seville and Andalusia. The concluding contribution is the homily of Bishop Rafael Gonzalez Moralejo on the Marian devotion of St. Teresa. Among the authors are many familiar names. In part one: G. Rovira Tarazona (biblical roots); Idlefonso de la Inmaculada, O.C.D. (divine motherhood, foundation of devotion); M. Lla­ mera, O.P. (spiritual maternity); M. Garrido Bonafio, O.S.A. (Assumption and queenship and , , crown­ ings); S. Folgado Florez (consciousness of the Christian people). In part two occur: J. Esquerda Bifet (mission dimension, as Puebla); C. Pozo, S.]. (Mary, our Mother, and Marian piety); L. Ma Herran (Marian sanctuaries in John Paul II); E. Llamas,

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O.C.D. (Marian ); L. D1ez Merino, C.P. (Gen. 3,15 in Jewish interpretation, long exegetical study);]. Colo­ mina Tomer (stages of Marian spirituality according to the Man­ sions of S. Teresa); Fr. P. de Anasagasti, O.F.M. (St. Francis); G. Calvo Moralejo, O.F.M. (Fray Bernardino de Laredo, d. 1540). Part three has: R. Martin Cartaya (on Seville);]. Hernan­ dez D1az (art of the period of Murillo, d. 1682); L.F. Mateo-Seco (Seville, 17 I 18 centuries); I. Bengoechea, O.C.D. (Seville, S. Teresa and Mary); M. J. Carrasco with].M. Gonzalez (sculpture of the Huelva diocese); I. Vazquez Janeiro, O.F.M. (Andalusian plebiscite for the Immaculate Conception, 1732). Vol. 5 (1982) and vol. 6 (1983) of Scnpta de Maria from Sara­ gossa have airived, big volumes testifying to the productivity of Spanish scholarship. Among the fifteen articles in the 1982 vol­ ume: Carlo Colombo on the Assumption (Italian); Gonzalo Aranda on the Marian apocrypha of pseudo-Cyril ofJerusalem; S. Folgado Florez on St. Augustine and Marian spirituality, also on St. Thomas of Villanova; Angel Luis, C.SS.R., on Francisco de Toledo (d. 1596); Salvador Mensua on the common of the B.V. in Paul VI's Missal. And in the 678-page volume six: seven­ teen entries, e.g., Maria Cuende Plaza-Abraham and Mary ac­ cording to the Koran; Manuel Garrido- in honor of Mary; Gaspar Calvo Moralejo-Bernardine of Laredo and Mary's present in mystical experience; Jesus Polo-the immaculist oaths at Saragossa, 1617 and 1619 . . The final 1982 issue of Cahiers Marials (n. 133, Nov. 15) was for the 50th anniversary of our Lady's appearances (eight be­ tween January 15 and March 2, 1933) at Banneux, Belgium­ history, message and meaning of the "Virgin of the poor." Three articles are by L. Wuillaume, S.J. (facts, message and gradual official recognition, Bishop Louis Kerkhofs, 1925-1962). K. Gatzweiler provides a biblical assessment; A. Demoulin studies the meaning. M. Gerardin, leading historian of Ban­ neux, reports on the visionary, Mariette Beco (Eldest of eleven, she was twelve in January, 1933.); Canon Van Loon, of the sanctuary, explores the pastoral implications. The first 1983 number (136, Jan. 15) was on "our mother Mary and our mother the Church." The authors are familiar:

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H.-M. Manteau-Bonamy, O.P., (thought of Vatican II); Th. Koehler ( to present); A. Tostain (); editor A. Bossard on Marian bibliography; also an article on Mrican soci­ ety and the mother with respect to Mary and the Church by a from Zaire, A Vital Mbadu-Kwalu; even a short piece on Marian philately. The April issue, second of 1983, gives the papers from the January, 1983, convention of the "Association of Marian Apos­ tolates" (Assoc. des Oeuvres Mariales), all on "consecration to Mary." As Bossard notes in his editorial, Mary must be present­ ed always "within the mystery of Christ and the Church," so also for consecration to her.]. Laurenceau, 0 .P., delves into the his­ tory of Oohn Damascene, d. 749, to John Paul II); And A. Rum, S.M.M., (from Italy) considers "collective conse­ crations." R. Cantais, C.M., offers a theological reflection, and J. Hemery, S.M.M., does something similar. Th. Koehler reports on our own last convention (Florida, January, 1983) and J.-P. Prevost, S.M.M., considers the and spiritual motherhood. Theme for the June number is "prayer and hope." L.-P. Pineau presents the as a sign of hope. Other authors are Jean Hemery, Albert Rouet ("Mary-journey of hope"). There is a transcript of a conversation between Fr. Lau­ renceau and a Polish friend; from Poland also a meditation on the rosary (by E. Oginski). A. Enard's fairly long article finds roots of the in ancient Christian tradition, with many quotations from the Fathers. The September issue is on Mary in the communion of saints. Along with Fr. Bossard's analysis of Vatican II, H. Cazelles, P. S. S. , writes of Mary and the communion of saints according to the Scriptures, and M.-J. Nicolas, 0 .P., offers theological reflec­ tions. S. Z. Jablonski has a short essay on "the historic and pro­ phetic role of Jasna Gora for the nations of central and eastern ." There is an interview with four Sisters on the role of Mary in their congregation and lives (Helpers of the Holy Souls). There is a touching article on the communion of saints from the "fraterniteJonathan-Pierres Vivantes," for parents of children who have died young; with their comments. The final 1983 Cahiers Marials is based on the Holy Year of

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Redemption, 1983/84, with matching articles by J. Gonthier, C.M., L. Dilhaare, A. Boulet, S.M., and a few others. Two 1984 ·numbers have come: for January 15 (n.141) on praying the ro­ sary with the bible-almost the entire number is]. Laurenceau's reflections with attractive black and white drawings. B. Billet, O.S.B., reports on the Malta congress of September, 1983, espe­ cially the French section, and there is a brief bibliography. The April issue (no. 142) is on litanies of our Lady-with articles by R. du Poset, S.M., I.-M. Calabuig (to be continued), A.-M. Ro­ guet (a biblical litany reprinted from La Vie Spirituelle of Octo­ ber, 1968, with some added commentary by A.-M. Roguet; an English translation is in].P. Kenny, S.J., The Meaning ofMary for Modern Man (Melbourne, 1980), and others. Marian Library Studies, annual of the Marian Library of the University of Dayton, has published vol. 12 (dated 1980, De­ cember, but reaching subscribers early in 1984), with Erasmi Corpus Mariologicum II, by the late Joaquin Marla Alonso, C.M.F., pages 275-541, continuing (commentary in Spanish) from MLS vol. 11.

3. It would take not just a paper but an entire convention to re­ port adequately the messages of Pope John Paul II, many in con­ junction with his worldwide trips to Marian shrines. One word only here on the "entrusting to Mary of all peoples and all na­ tions," which the pope asked the bishops to do in union with him the weekend of March 24/25, solemnity of the Annuncia­ tion of the Lord, as the jubilee year of redemption was drawing to a close (in English L'Osservatore Romano, February 27, 1984, dated December 8, 1983; also in The Pope Speaks 29 [1984:2] 142-145). As reported, even in the Catholic press, this papal rec­ ommendation sounded somewhat like a simple "consecration to Mary and her Immaculate Heart," along the lines of Pope John Paul II's words at Fatima, May 13, 1982, the first anniversary of his escape from the assassination attempt. It is true that the Holy Father urged the bishops to join him in an act of consecration to the , in a fairly lengthy formula, very similar to that used at Fatima, May, 1982, but what seems to

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have gone unnoticed, or almost so, was the deeply Christological character of the "act of entrusting." (An encouraging exception is the good commentary by Patrick Gaffney, S.M.M., in L'Osser­ vatore Romano, April 16, 1984.) The emphasis on Christ appears in both the act of consecra­ tion and in the prefatory letter of the Holy Father to the bish­ ops. Alluding to the impending bimillenium, the pope pleaded for reconciliation in Christ the Redeemer. The feast of Decem­ ber 8, date of the document, is a reminder of redemption-"the power of the redemption of Christ in the conception of the woman destined to be the Mother of the Redeemer." The pope desires to pay tribute to the reconciling power of the redemption "through the Immaculate Heart of the Mother of God, who in a most particular degree experienced this salvific power." The formula of consecration begins with the most ancient of Marian prayers, the ("We have recourse to your protection, holy Mother of God."). I regard the following lines as the heart of the 'entrusting':

Behold, as we stand before you, Mother of Christ, before your Im­ maculate Heart, we desire together with the whole Church, to unite ourselves with the consecration which, for love of us, your Son made of himself to the Father: "For their sake," he said, "I consecrate my­ self that they also may· be consecrated in the truth" Oohn 17, 19). We wish to unite ourselves with our Redeemer in this his consecra­ tion for the world and for the human race, which, in his divine heart, has the power to obtain pardon and to secure reparation . . . . How deeply we feel the need for the consecration of humanity and the world-our modern world-in union with Christ himself! For the redeeming work of Christ must be shared in by the world through the Church ....

It is in this Christocentric and ecclesial setting that the Mother of Jesus is placed, with consummate care and tenderness:

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paths of faith, hope and love! Help us to live in the truth of the consecration of Christ for the entire human family of the modern world. In entrusting to you, 0 Mother, the world, all individuals and peoples, we also entrust to you this very consecration of the world, placing it in your motherly heart.

4. Scripture and later tradition I mentioned already the issue of Marianum devoted mainly to biblical studies. There have been a fair number of other scrip­ tural studies. Robert). Karris, O.F.M., reported on "Mary's Magnificat and Recent Study," in the November-December, 1983 Review for Religious. An English Jranslation ha__s been made of the book by Rene Lauren tin, Les Evan giles de I'Enfance du Chnst. Ven"te de Noel au-de/a des mythes (Desclee, Paris, 1982, 629 p.): The ofthe Infancy ofChnst. The Truth of Chnstmas Beyond the Myths. One of the translators, Michael Wrenn, described the book in The Wanderer (December 22, 1983, p. 8) under the title, "The Biblical Account of Christmas -a True History," announcing publication in 1984 from St. 's Publications, Still River, Massachusetts. The differences between R. Laurentin and other interpreters of the infancy nar­ ratives are well-known, e.g., Laurentin takes sharp exception to some opinions of Raymond E. Brown, S.S., and to the histori­ cal-critical method. One might hope that odium theologicum (or any other kind of odium!) will not hinder a balanced inter­ change of exegetical views when Laurentin's book appears in En­ glish. David Lonsdale, S.J., has a survey "Mary in the New Testa­ ment," in the April, 1984 The Way, English Jesuit quarterly, which concludes with a rather drastic dismissal of the value of the virginal conception as a biological reality. Jumping from the to the Middle Ages, Sister Benedicta Ward, Anglican medievalist, has put us in her debt again with the book co-published by the University of Pennsylvania Press (Philadelphia) and Scalar Press, Ltd. (Lon­ don}, 1982: and the Medieval Mind. Theory, Record, and Event, 1000-1215. Chapter 8 is "Miracles of"the\Tirgi"n/' (pp. 132-165). Here are some items of interest: the title "mother of

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mercy" comes from eleventh-century Cluny, where a thief turned so addressed Mary on his deathbed. The Faust-like Theophilus story migrated East to West, and was adopted in many places, losing its original local color. By 1172, three books of the miracles of St. Mary of Rocamadour had been completed, covering a period of twenty years. Perhaps not a in the medieval sense, but surely marvelous and enriching, is the cir­ cumstance that the French composer Francis Poulenc (d. 1963) found his way back to the faith through the Black Virgin of Ro­ camadour and then praised her in a composition of the same name. According to the article by]. Gustaitis, "A Mass for To­ day's Church," in America for February 4, 1984, the turning point was August 22, 1936, Poulenc was then thirty-seven. The rebuilding of Chartres Cathedral in 1194 also gave rise to a book of miracles. Similar miracle collections are found in twelfth-century En­ gland, and have been studied by Sr. Richard Southern, the great scholar to whom B. Ward has dedicated this book. The devotion of our Lady's joys is also mentioned, and interest in St. Anne, mother of Mary, in connection with the feast of the Conception of the holy Virgin. In summary, Sister Ward notes that the me­ dieval devotions to Mary were "universal devotions, untethered by place, and in them all Mary is a figure of mercy without bounds" (162). Her comment about the medieval mind pertains also to the miracles of the Virgin; the monastic tradition both East and West from the fourth to the fourteenth century was marked by a "unified understanding of reality not yet broken down to the cause and effect universe and its exclusive interest in 'how' things happen ..." (215).

5) General treatments and specific doctrines In this section, I put in first place the remarkable book pub­ lished by the last general chapter of the Servites, the 208th, held in 1983; the English edition is Do Whatever He Tells You. Re­ flections and Proposals for Promoting Marian Devotion (Edizi­ oni Marianum, Rome, Italy, December, 1983). Coming from the competent theological faculty of Marianum, the book is are­ alistic assessment of the current situation, the chiaroscuro, the

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bitter-sweet of the post-conciliar Marian situation in the West­ ern Church, with an analysis of the difficulties and positive sug­ gestions for implementing the conciliar gains and those of Paul VI's Mana/is cultus (1974). The Servite document is a challenge to other religious families and to all Catholics to renew Marian piety, with the sage comment:" ... the future of pious Marian exercises will greatly depend on their quality and their ability to accept valid forms from the past and, even more, to respond to the new needs which continuously emerge in the life of the Church" (n. 54, p. 61). The three main sections of Do Whatever . .. delineate the purpose: 1) reflections on a recent crisis, with a first consider­ ation towards overcoming it, by recognizing Mary at the heart of the Christian mystery, in the and in the Paschal event; 2) on the harmony of Mary and the ; 3) "Some of the tasks awaiting local churches and religious institu­ tions in promoting devotion to the Blessed Virgin," much wider in scope than Servite family interests, as the subheadings show: studies (strong, yet encouraging, words); proclamation of the Word; fidelity to liturgical reform; the way of beauty; choice of the poor; the advancement of women; fostering life; promoting the cause of ecumenism; communion in the faith of Abraham Gews and Muslims). Three general articles stand out: the New Zealand Marist, Patrick Bearsley, wrote of "The Metamorphosis of Mariology," in the English Review 69 (Feb., 1984) 65-71. Australian Karl G. Schmude's talk from the Wollongong (New South Wales, Australia) Marian Congress ofJune, 1981, in the Decem­ ber, 1983, Homzletic and Pastoral Review, is titled "Mary­ Christbearer in Culture" (v. 84, pp. 20-26). The I.H.M. Sister John Sheila Galligan wrote "Mary: A Mosaic ofJoy," in Review for Religious 43 Gan.-Feb., 1984) 82-92. In anticipation, there are two books in press, likely to come out this year, and third in planning. The Paulist Press is prepar­ ing Anthony Tambasco, What Are They Saying About Mary?­ I have read it in manuscript and recommend it. Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, IN) showed me the manuscript of their The Prayer of Miriam, by Anne Johnson, a well-done book-length

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free verse poem built on preparation and New Testament fulfillment. F. M.Jelly, O.P., of our Society, is edit­ ing Mary: Pilgrim Mother of a Pilgrim Church, with contrib­ utors of the twelve essays ranging across the ecumenical band. He contributes the foreword and title essay; others are John Deschner (Methodist view), with a Catholic response by Peter Phan. Edwin Sylvest and Ricardo Ramirez are writing on ; Jack Bemporad on Jewish women; John Williams on Mary in Islamic Tradition. Two papers from the !TEST symposium (Institute for Theo­ logical Encounter with Science and Technology), held at Colum­ bus, Ohio, January, 1982, were published recently. The sympo­ sium considered the relationship between our Lady and the life sciences. One was by the nun-physician Hanna Klaus, "The Vir­ gin Mary and the Human Body" in Fidelity 3 (February, 1984) 13-15; the other by Donald]. Keefe, S.J., "Mary as Created Wisdom. The Splendor of the New Creation," in The Thomist 47 Ouly, 1983) 395-420. Fr. Jelly had previously published the gist of his own !TEST paper, as "Mary's Motherhood and a The­ ology of the Body," in The ]osephinum journal of Theology 1 (Spring-Summer, 1982) 23-31, as well as reporting on the whole workshop for our Society last year, "Towards a Theology of the Body Through Mariology",'' in Marian Studies 35 (1983) 66-84. Another paper from the same Josephinum gathering is in press, Eamon R. Carroll, O.Carm., "Mary as the : Notes on a Theme," to appear in Carmelus (Rome) 31 (1984).

6) Liturgy and devotion As ever, the category, liturgy and devotion(s), has many items. The experimental new translations of popular prayers to our Lady that I mentioned last year have been approved for pub­ lic use in England and Wales, among them the familiar Litany of Loreto, the , , Regina Coeli, , and others, as Prayers to Our Lady and the Saints (Cath. Truth Soc., London, no. D549, 1983). Father () Clement C. Englert, C.SS.R., wrote last year a 70-page brochure, The Holy ofthe Mother ofPer­ petual Help, published by the Ukrainian diocese (Stamford, CT).

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Studies on shrines and private continue in abun­ dance. A sympathetic Protestant, Judy Briant Smith, writes on The Image of Guadalupe. Myth or Miracle (Doubleday, Garden City, 1983); I reviewed this and some other titles, e.g., P. Marn­ ham, Lourdes: A Modern Pilgrimage (Image pb, 1982) for Em­ manuel magazine, May, 1984. Two further titles I know so far only from advertisements: Conchita Gonzalez (one of the vi­ sionaries), Miracle at Garabandal (Doubleday, 1983) and Joseph A. Pelletier, A.A., The Sun Danced at Fatima (new edition, Doubleday, Image ph, 1983). Rene Laurentin and Louis Rupcic, O.F.M., have issued in the set, Pelerinages-Sanctuaires-Ap­ paritions, the title, La Vierge apparait-elle a ? Un message urgent donne au monde dans un pays marxiste (Paris, 1984) on the claimed Yugoslav appearances of our Lady which began in June, 1981, and are reportedly continuing, although the matter is still under investigation. There appeared also in 1983 San Damiano. Histoire et documents. Problemes, Ombre, Lumiere, editors R. Maisonneuve, Michel de Belsunce (and Mama Rosa Quattrini, 1909-1981).

7) Miscellany Under the heading of "miscellany" there are again many pos­ sibilities, e.g., art studies, as Sister Carol]. Purtle's careful and intelligent The Marian Paintings ofjan Van Eyck (Princeton, 1982). More than half the great Flemish painter's works were on Marian themes. Pinola Kennedy of Dublin wrote the brochure john Henry Newman and Frank Du.ff(Dublin, 1979, with fore­ word by Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp.), on two great protagonists of the , and the importance also of our Lady. It is big news in the English-language religious publishing world that the writings of have begun to appear in the complete edition of his master-work, The Glory of the Lord. A Theological Aesthetics. vol. I. Seeing the Form (trans. Erasmo Leiva-Merikakis, editors Joseph Fessio, S.J., and John Riches), co-published by Ignatius Press, San Francisco, Crossroad Publications, New York, and T. and T. Clark, Ltd., Great Britain, 1982. As the index shows and as one would ex­ pect of von Balthasar, the book is filled with Mary, not just ran-

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dom references but considerations in context that run into para­ graphs and pages, as "The Marian Experience of God" (338-343) and "Marian Tradition" (362-365), which opens with the words:

The threefold archetypal experience of Christ, which is conferred by the Apostles on the Church for its use [these are 1) the twelve with Peter at the head, 2) Paul, and 3) the beloved disciple], remains permanently sustained and undergirded by the Marian experience of Christ, which in its depth and simplicity is quite beyond the power of words. But the Marian experience existed to the apostolic experience, and it thus wholly conditions it, for Mary, as Mother of the Head, is also Mother of the Body.

Commenting on the poetry of Paul Claude!, von Balthasar writes ( 405): "He reminds us of the taste (sapor) of the salt of wisdom, the taste of the Mother of the Lord, who is like the flame and the distillation of all creation and who, in her soaring to God, communicates to us the taste of God himself." Further ( 421) he explains that by basing herself on the experience of Mary, the believer pure and simple, the Church teaches her chil­ dren the Word of God in all its incarnational fulness, even to taste and smell. The life of Mary is prototype of what God's ar­ tistry accomplishes when the human offers no resistance, "The three cycles of the Rosary offer these situations [the inimitable and unforgettable situations of life itself] to the anamnesis of the Church and of , in strict unity with the life of Christ." For "Mary's life possesses no detached form of its own; it is the most intimate possible accompaniment of the Christ­ form; it stands in the.shadow and in the light of Christ's form alone. But Mary's form is not simply outshone by the form of Christ; rather, precisely because Christ exploits Mary, precisely because she bears the Cross with him, her form is inundated in a light radiating from him" (p. 564). I end this Survey on the same theological note on which it be­ gan-study of the Mother ofJesus as a way to Christian unity. The stated goal of the ESBVM can hardly be surpassed: "to ad­ vance the study at various levels of the place of the Blessed Vir­ gin Mary in the Church, under Christ, and the related theolog-

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ical questions, and in the light of such study to promote ecu­ menical devotion." The Westminster Dictionary of Spirituality (Westminster Press, Philadelphia, 1983), edited by Gordon S. Wakefield, En­ glish Methodist and member of the ESBVM, has a number of entries touching our Lady. One of the most interesting occurs in the article on the English divine Austin Farrer (d. 1968), author of Lord I Believe. Suggestions for Turning the into Prayer (2nd rev. ed., London, 1958), about which Charles C. Hefling writes: it "develops the thesis that 'no dogma deserves its place unless it is prayable, and no Christian deserves his dogmas who does not pray them,' and concludes with an adaptation of the use of the rosary combining imaginative participation in the events of the Gospels with the traditional ." In Malta, September 14, 1983, an ecumenical prayer service was held in the Anglican Church in Valletta (across the street from the popular Our Lady of Mt. Carmel of my Carmelite con­ freres). Fr. John Milburn (Anglican) and I both spoke briefly, and I applied to the efforts of the Mariological and Marian inter­ national congresses this comment from Raimundo Pannikar (from "Toward an Ecumenical Ecumenism," in journal of Ecu­ menical Studies 19 [Fall, 1982] 785): "Ecumenism has the power of its precariousness; it is based on prayer."

Further Selection of Recent Wn"tings This appendix follows the customary order: A. Magisterium; B. Scripture and tradition; C. General and specific doctrines; D. Liturgy and devotion; E. Ecumenism; F. Miscellany; G. Recent (last-minute) items. The reader will be familiar with the exten­ sive reviews in standard journals, Marianum, Ephemerides Mar­ iologicae, Esprit et Vie, and others, e.g., Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp., "Marian Trends," in Insh Theological Quarterly 49 (1982:4) 201-304. A. MAGISTERIUM 1. The Pope Speaks: index to vol. 28 (1983) has 34 entries un­ der Mary, Blessed Virgin. 2. John Paul II, Act ofEntrusting (for March 24/25, 1984), in

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Queen (of All Hearts) 35 (May-June, 1984) 39-41. 3. Joseph de Sainte Marie, O.C.D., Reflections on the Act of Consecration at Fatima of Pope john Paul II on 13th May 1982 (Devon, 1983, pamphlet; trans. W. Lawson, S.].); original was an article in Marianum 44 (1982) 88-142 (in French); available in U.S. from Tan Books, Rockford, IL. 4. J. Neuner, S.J., and]. Dupuis, S.J., editors, The Christian Faith in the Doctrinal Documents of the Cathol£c Church (revised ed., Alba, Staten Island, 1982): ch. 7 on Mary. 5. L. Vandergheynst, O.P., Gloire. Commentaire de Ia pro­ fession de foi prononce par le Pape Paul VIle 30 jn 1968 (Bruxelles, 1983): pp. 130-141 on BVM. 6. Pastoral Letters of the U.S. Bishops, vol. III (Washington, 1984): covers 1962-74, including Behold Your Mother of Nov. 21, 1973; editor is Hugh J. Nolan. 7. Christopher Butler, The Theology ofVatican II (revised and enlarged, Christian Classics, Westminster, Md., 1981): pp. 73-79 on BV. 8. Cardinal Carter (), Do This In Memory ofMe (pas­ toral letter on priestly orders, December 8, 1983): much on BV. 9. Eduardo Cardinal Pironio (Argentina), Preparing for Easter (St. Paul Editions, Boston, 1982, cloth and pb): much on BV. 10. Puebla and Beyond. Documentation and Commentary, eds.]. Eagleson and P. Scharper (Orbis, Maryknoll, 1979): see index for many references to our Lady. 11. Joseph Cardi~al Ratzinger, Daughter Zion. on the Church's Marian Belief (Ignatius Press, San Francisco, 1983). B. SCRIPTURE AND TRADITION 1. Pauli Bellet, O.S.B., Estructura i forma: Anunciai6 de naixement iforma d'elecci6 profttica (Lc 1, 26-38}, in Re­ vista Catalana de Teologia 7 (1982) 91-130: from Barce­ lona, favoring the "call narrative" interpretation; Fr. Bellet teaches at Cath. Univ., Washington. 2. Raymond E. Brown, S.S., The Critical Meaning of the Bi- https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies/vol35/iss1/15 20 Carroll: A Survey of Recent Mariology A Survey ofRecent Mariology 177

ble (Paulist, N.Y., 1981): quite a few entries under Mary in the index. 3. Dalmazio Colombo, O.F.M., Maria Figlia di Sion (Ed. Mar­ ianiste, Vercelli, 1983). 4. P.M. Laurent, O.P., La Vierge Marie et /'Autre Marie, in Esprit et Vi"e 93e annee (25 aout-8 sep 1983 and 15 sep 1983) 475-478, 493-496: their role in converting the cousins of Christ. S. Robert Mahoney, Die Mutter}esu im Neuen Testament, in Gerhard Dautzenberg e.a., Die Frau im Urchristentum (Freiburg, 1983) 92-116: according to a citation I have seen. 6. Christ.opher O'Donnell, O.Carm., Mary, the True Disciple, in Patrick Rogers, C. P. , editor, Sowing the Word. Biblical­ Liturgical Essays (Dominican Publishers, Dublin, 1983): from the first SO numbers of the quarterly Scnpture in Church, pp. 230-237. 7. Dom Daniel Rees, O.S.B., What Event Does the Magnifi­ cat Celebrate? (talk given to the Ecumenical Society of the BVM, 11 Belmont Rd., Wallington, Surrey SM6 8TE, 1983). 8. Charles H. Talbert, Mary, Ideal Believer and Social Para­ digm, chapter in his Reading Luke (Crossroad, NY, 1982) 22-26. 9. H. de Lubac, SJ., The Motherhood ofthe Church (Ignatius Pr., San Francisco, 1982), pp. S4-S8, new Eve, BVM, the Church. 10. C. Berselli and G. Gharib, Sing the joys ofMary (now pub­ lished in the U.S., 1983, pb: Morehouse-Barlow, Inc., Wil­ ton, CT): of the first millenium. 11. Andrew Louth, St. Bernard and Our Lady, in Downside Review 101 Ouly, 1983) 165-186. 12. MarkJordan, Mary the MotherofGodin the Wntings ofS. in Notes and Commentary. The Centre for Contemplative Studies in the University ofDallas, no. 6, Fall, 1983. 13. Michael Brundell, O.Carm., -Incarnation-The Virgin Mary: The Place ofMary in the Spiritual Life accord­ ing to L. M. Grtgnion de Montfort, in Carmel in the World

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22 (1983:3) 179-187: published from Via Sforza Pallavicini 10, 00193 Rome, Italy. 14. S. DeFiores, S.M.M., Sulfa lunghezza d'onda di Maria (Ed. Monfortane, Rome, 1983): based on St. Louis Grignion de Montfort. . 15. Maurice Gilbert, SJ., Montfort's Spiritual Exegesis (trans. Roger M. Charest, S.M.M.) in Queen 34 Ouly-August, 1983) 31-34, (September-October, 1983) 31-33, (Novem­ ber-December, 1983) 30-31; from Nouvelle revue theolo­ gique (Nov.-Dec. 1982). 16. Theodule Rey-Mermet, Le du siecle des lumieres: Al­ fonso de Liguori (Nouvelle Cite, Paris, 1982): ch. 35, Le serviteur de Marie, 415-431. 17. St. Alphonsus, . Explanation of the "Ha£1 Holy Queen," an adaptation, with intro. by John Duffy, C.SS.R. (Cath. Bk. Publg. Co., NY, no date, but seems 1982 or 1983; available also from Liguori Publica­ tions, Liguori, M0). 18. G. G. Chaminade, La conoscenza di Mana (ed. Luigi Gam­ bero, S.M.), in the set Dtamenti di spin'tua/z'ta (Ed. Mon­ fortane, 1984). 19. Rene Laurentin, The Life of Cathen'ne Laboure (Collins, London, 1983). 20. R. M. Valabek, O.Carm., Tertiaries Look to Mary: Our Lady of Mt. Carmel in the Life of Liberata Ferrarons, T. 0. Carm. (d. 1842) and Carmen de Soja, T. 0. Carm. (d. 1890): both from Catalonia, from quite different social backgrounds, in Carmel in the World 23 (1984:1) 54-75. 21. John R. Griffin, Newman: A Bibliography of Secondary Sources ( Press, Front Royal, VA, 1980): pp. 132-34 on our Lady. 22. Ernesto M. Piacentini, Mana nel pensiero di San Massimi­ liano Kolbe (Libr. Ed. Vaticana, Citta del Vaticano, 1982). C. GENERAL AND SPECIFIC DOCTRINES 1. Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp., : A Theological En­ cyclopedia of the Blessed Virgin Mary (M. Glazier, Wil­ mington, DE, rev. ed. with supplement, pb, 1983): the https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies/vol35/iss1/15 22 Carroll: A Survey of Recent Mariology

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supplement has 42 additional articles. I have reviewed this treasure of a book in several places: the article, Theotokos: A New Encyclopedia ofMary, in Our Sunday Visitor (week­ ly) November 7, 1982; in Worship 57 (May, 1983) 275-277; in Theological Studies 44 Oune, 1983) 318-320; in Car­ me/us 30 (1983) 250-252. 2. La for November, 1983, for the anniversary of the consecration of Italy to the Blessed Virgin, articles by A. Serra, S. De Fiores, etc. 3. Chi e Ia Vergine Maria? Sintesi dottrinale per una devo­ zione illuminata (Editrice Elle Di Ci, Torino, 1984): from the Spanish, iQuien es Ia Virgen Maria? (Sociedad Mario­ logica Espanola, Salamanca, 1982). 4. Divinitas, an. 37, fasc. 1 (1983) for the 3rd centenary of the victory of Vienna, 1683: articles by P. Palazzini ( queenship of Mary),].-M. Salgado (the faith of the Immaculate Moth­ er of God), G. Gherardini (Luther's "Magnificat"). S. Mother of Our Lord, fold-out leaflet from the National Li­ turgical Office of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops, Ottawa, 1980. 6. NB (new catechetical journal published by Our Sunday Vis­ itor Press, Huntington, IN) devoted its fall, 1983 (vol. 2, no. 1) issue to Mary and Catechesis, with Bishop R. Mor­ neau, Dick and Sara Reichert. 7. Eduardo Cano (of Chile), Nachkonztliare Mariologie und ihre Rezeption in der deutschen Katechese (Munster, 1983): doctorate thesis. 8. Religionsuntem"cht an Hoeheren Schulen 25 (1982:5) all on our Lady, from Patmos Verlag, Dusseldorf, Eduardo Cano and other contributors. 9. Menlo Papers, from symposium held at St. Patrick's Semi­ nary, Menlo Park, CA, Dec. 1981, on the 4SOth Guadalupe anniversary; papers by R.E. Brown (Mary in Scripture), H. Bleichner (Mary in History) and F. Norris (Mary in Liturgy), by. Bishop John R. Quinn. 10. Mary in Faith and Life in the ofthe Church (In­ ternational Marian Research Institute, Marian Library, Uni­ versity of Dayton, Ohio, printed at Ndola, Zambia, 1983):

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from Marian seminars held in Mrica, with R. Laurentin, W. Cole, T. Koehler, V. Branick, etc. 11. Medard Kehl and Werner LOser, editors, The von Balthasar Reader(Crossroad, NY, 1982): 140-143 on "born of the Vir­ gin Mary," 218-220, "exemplar of the Church," also page 9. 12. Dennis]. Billy, C.SS.R., The Marian Kernel, in Review for Religious 43 (May-June, 1984) 415-420. 13. Eamon R. Carroll, O.Carm., Woman ofFaith, in Emman­ ue/89 (May, 1983) 185-193. 14. E. R. Carroll, Mary after Vatican II, in St. Anthony Messen­ ger 91 (May, 1984) 36-40. 15. E. R. Carroll, The Mystery of Mary, in Mary-Aylesford News 44 (Nov.-Dec., 1983) 3-5. 16. Doris Donnelly, Maternity's Raw Faith. The Courage of Mary, in Sojourners 12 (November, 1983) 23-24. 17. ] ane Ferdon, 0. P., Mary as a Liberating Sister, in Human Development Oesuit Educational Center for Human Devel­ opment, Hanover, Pa.) 4 (Summer, 1983) 38-41. 18. Robert Lucero, O.F.M., Guadalupe and the Immaculate Conception: Merging Streams ofHispanic and Anglo Spiri­ tuality, in St. Anthony Messenger 91 (December, 1983) 18-22. 19. J. Michael McDermott, S.J., Time for Mary, in Homiletic and Pastoral Review 83 (May, 1983) 11-16. 20. Aedan McGrath, S.S.C., The Legion ofMary and Evangel­ isation, in The Outlook (quarterly review of mission affairs) Autumn, 1983 (London). 21. Alois MUller, Discorso di fede sulfa madre di Gesu, un ten­ tativo di mariologia in prospettiva contemporanea (Querin­ iana, Brescia, 1983): from the 1980 German. 22. Karl Rahner, in Theologicallnvestigations, v. 19, Faith and Ministry (Crossroad, NY, 1983): essays, "Mary and the Christian Image of Woman," and "Mary's Virginity." 23. Alan Schreck, Devotion to Mary. Catholic beliefs about Mary have their roots in our belief in her Son, in New Cove­ nant 12 Ouly-August, 1983) 14-18, also the pamphlet, What Do Catholics Believe About Mary? (Servant, Ann Ar­ bor, Michigan, 1983).

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24. Questions and Answers (on Mary), in NSC Newsletter 9 (May, 1984) 5-from the (charismatic) National Service Committee, South Bend, Indiana. 25. Ralph Martin, Mary: God's Choice, Our Response, in three parts, in Renewal Ministries (only part three is dated, March, 1984), from talk at Steubenville, Ohio, Summer, 1983. 26. Daniel Berrigan, S.)., Will the real Mary please stand up? in U.S. Cathol£c 49 (May, 1984) 18-21. D. LITURGY AND DEVOTION 1. Akathistos Byzantine to the. Mother of God, transla­ tion for and choral recitation by Paul M. Addison, O.S.M. (Mater Ecclesiae Centre, Rome, 1983). 2. Stefano DeFiores, S.M.M., A Cole£ che ci ascolta (2nd ed., Ed. Monfortane, Rome, 1983): prayers to our Lady, past and present. 3. A Marian Prayer-Watch ofthe Servants ofMary (Vigilia de Domina) ( Servants of Mary, Chicago, 1982): part of the publications for the Servite 750th anniversary. 4. In Praise of our Seven First Fathers (Roma, 1983): also for the Servite celebration. 5. Herbert G. Kramer, S.M., Chaminade Lore (Marianist Re­ sources Commission, Dayton, 1983). 6. Belloc in Czestochowa, in Our Lady's Digest 38 (Spring, 1984) 122-124, from the London Tablet, issue of Dec. 25, 1982/jan. 1, 1983: background to Belloc's votive offering at Jasna Gora in 1928, his Ballade to Our Lady of Czesto­ chowa. 7. Claude Fisher, Walsingham A Place of Pilgrimage for All People. (Salutation Press, Walsingham, pb, 1983, 190 p.). 8. Philip E. Lampe, Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Ethnic Ma­ donna, in Homiletic and Pastoral Review 83 Oune, 1983) 56-60. 9. The Virgin ofthe Poor. The Appan"tions at Banneux (Cath. Truth Soc., London, D544, 1983, 40 p.): as advertised. 10. Tom O'Connor, Fatima and , in 13 (November, 1983) 14-18. 11. The Message ofFatima (Cath. Truth Soc., London, D552,

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pamphlet, 1983): as advertised. 12. Robert Pannet, Epiphanie Mariale en Cinq Actes (S.O.S. Editions, Paris, 1983): Rue du Bac, Lourdes, Pontmain, Pellevoisin, LaSalette. 13. The Czech National Chapel in the National Shn:ne Wash­ ington, D. C., ed. by Ludvik Nemec, copyright 1983, for the dedication of the St. John Neumann Chapel, June, 1983; the essay Our Lady ofHostyn, 49-53, is from Nemec's book Our Lady of Hostyn. 14. Eamon R. Carroll, O.Carm., Mary's Brown , in Mary-Aylesford News 45 Ouly-August, 1984) 3-6. 15. Jan Rhodes, The Rosary in Sixteenth-Century England, in Mt. Carmel (England), (Winter, 1983) 180-191, (Spring, 1984) 4-17. 16. Joanne Turpin, The Healing Mysteries: A Rosary for the Sick (St. Anthony Messenger Press, Cincinnati, 1983, pam­ phlet): as advertised. 17. John Cardinal Carberry, The Book ofthe Rosary (Our Sun­ day Visitor Pr., Huntington, IN, 1983). 18. Arthur B. Calkins, The Rosary as Contemplative Prayer, in Queen 34 (March-April, 1984) 26-29, 31 and 35 (May­ June, 1984) 26-29; paper read at Malta international con­ gress Sept. 1983. 19. Mitch Finley, Recovenng the Rosary, in Amen·ca, May 7, 1983, 351: homecoming, not nostalgia. 20. Gabriel Harty, O.P., Healtng Light ofthe Rosary (Veritas, Dublin, 1983, 22 p.). 21. Eleanor Therese Burnside, Bible Rosary: The Lifo of]esus- 35 Mysten·es (ed. Philip Gage, S.M.) (Rosary Thirty-Five, Box 597, Birmingham, MI 48012). 22. Michael Hollings, The Chaplet ofMary: 3 pamphlets: The joyful Mysteries, The Sor;owful Mysteries, The Glorious Mystenes (Mayhew-McCrimmon, Ltd., Great Wakering, Essex, 1982). 23. T. Koehler, S.M., La compassione di Mana nei "Quindici Sabati del Santissimo Rosan·o" di Bartolo Longo, in Atti del convegno stonco promosso dalla Delegazione Pontificia per zJ Santuan·o di Pompei (Ed. di Storia e Letteratura, 1983):

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from May, 1982. 24. Richard G. Furey, C.SS.R., Mary's Way of the Cross (23rd Publications, Mystic, CT, 1984, 20 p.). 25. Tessa Bielecki, The Ministry of Motherhood. Mary as our Model, in Desert Call18 (Fall, 1983) 16-19. 26. Robert Faricy, S.J., and the Mother ofjesus, final chapter in Seeking jesus in and Dis­ cernment (Glazier, Wilmington, DE, 1983) 105-109. 27. Kilian Healy, O.Carm., OurLoveforMary Motherofthe Pilgrim Church, in Our Lady's Digest 38 (Summer, 1983) 2-6: from his book The Assumption ofMary (Glazier, Wil­ mington, DE, 1982). 28. Matthew Kelty, The Virgin, chapter in Flute Solo Reflec­ tions of a Trappist (Doubleday Image, Garden City, NY, 1980) 105-110. 29. Edward R. Killackey, M.M., Mary, Mt'ssionary to the World, in Maryknoll77 (May, 1983) 52-55. 30. Christopher O'Donnell, O.Carm., A Spiritual Path: An­ nunciation- Vt'sitation-Magnificat (Luke 1: 26-55), in Carmel in the World 22 (1983:1) 50-62. 31. Sister Patricia Smith, R.S.M., The Magnificat: Song ofMercy andjustice, in Today's 15 (Nov.-Dec., 1983) 33-35. 32. Luke Zimmer, SS.CC., The Immaculate Heart of Mary in the Life of a Priest, in Priestly Heart Newsletter, issue no. 78, May, 1984 (Buffalo). E. ECUMENISM 1. Marianne Katoppo, Mary, the Fully Liberated Human Be­ ing, in Maryknoll 77 (November, 1983) 22-25; excerpted from the full book by this Indonesian Protestant writer, Compassionate and Free. An Asian Woman's Theology (Orbis, Maryknoll, 1980, but previously World Council of Churches, Geneva, 1979). 2. The Ecumenical Society of the B.V.M., 11 Belmont Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 8TE, England, welcomes inquiries and memberships; members receive the Newsletter three times a year, and other publications. A recent pamphlet is Ralph Townsend, The Place of Mary in Early Anglican

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Thought (talk to Oxford branch, published May, 1983). One in Christ (1983:3) contains a report by AJ. Stacpoole on recent work of the Society, 1980-1984, also papers by E. Yarnold (Anglicans, Roman Catholics and the B. V.M.), Bishop Edward Knapp-Fisher (Prospects for unity: an An­ glican View), and]. Neville Ward (Intercession). 3. Christopher Derrick, C.S. Lewis and the Church ofRome. A Study in Proto-Ecumenism (Ignatius Pr., San Francisco, 1981): helps explain C.S. Lewis' reserve on BVM. 4. James Heft, S.M., and the Mancm Dog­ mas: An Introduction, in One in Christ 18 (1982:4) 309-40, previously in Man(m Studies 33 (1982) 47-89. 5. , Das Magnifikat, with intro. by H. Riedlin­ ger (Herder, Freiburg, 1982). 6. Jeremy Johnston, Luther and the Blessed Virgin, in The Fu?Tow 35 (March, 1984) 158-164: by a Lutheran , paper to the Irish Ecum. Soc. of the BVM. 7. Georges Chantraine, SJ., Woman as Depn·ved ofthe Spir­ it: An Aspect of Luther's Thought on Woman, in Com­ munio 10 (Fall, 1983) 240-255; trans. by Esther S. Tillman from the French; 250-253 especially on BVM. 8. Richard Cornish Martin, editor, Studies and Commentaries 1982, from the American Region of the (Anglican) Society of Mary, c/o Wallace H. Spaulding, 1206 Buchanan St., Mclean, VA 22101, 42 p., $3: papers by]. Macquarrie,]. Milburn, R.H. Fuller, D.M. Baumann and Walter E. Frie­ man, all on our Lady. 9. Mary in the Churches, Concilium no. 168 (October, 1983), ~ds. H. Kling and]. Moltmann (Seabury, NY): disappoint­ mg. 10. Giovanni Miegge, La Vergine Mana. Saggio di Stona del Dogma. Appendice di Alfredo Sonelli (Claudiana, Torino, 1982): with Sonelli supplement, 257-334, to original 1959 2nd revised edition; Italian . 11. Christopher O'Donnell, O.Carm., Martin Luther's Man·ol­ ogy: A Bibliographical Note, in Milltown Studies (Dublin) no. 12, autumn, 1983, 93-95. 12. Giovanni Oecolampadio, La Lode di Dio in Mana, in Dta- https://ecommons.udayton.edu/marian_studies/vol35/iss1/15 28 Carroll: A Survey of Recent Mariology

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menti di spiritualifa (Ed. Monfortane, Rome, 1983): De laudando in Mana Deo by the Swiss Reformer (d. 1531). 13. George Soil, S.D.B., La lode di Mana presso i nformatori. Valutazione positiva e cntica dal punta di vista cattolico, in D. Bertetto, ed., La Madonna nella vita pastorale (Aca­ demia Mariana Salesiana, Rome, 1982): 153-170-the pa­ per SoU gave at Saragossa, September, 1979. 14. The Walsingham Assumptiontide lectures (from Walsing­ ham Vicarage, Norfolk, England): for 1979, E. L. Mascall, The Centrality ofMary; for 1980, Edward Yarnold, SJ., The Assumption; for 1981, John Macquarrie, Glon·ous Assump­ tion; for 1982, A.M. Allchin, The joy ofAll Creation: from the Anglican parish Church at the ancient Marian . 15. J. Neville Ward, Fn"day Afternoon. Reflections on the Sev­ en Last Words (Winston, Minneapolis, 1983): first U.S. edition, chapter three, Belonging, on BVM. 16. J. Neville Ward, The Following Plough (Cowley Publica­ tions, Cambridge, Mass., due Fall, 1984): first U.S. edi­ tion, material on BV, by English Methodist , member of the Ecum. Soc. of B.V.M., author of Five for So77ow. Ten for joy (on Rosary). 17. John Wilcken, S.J., The Doctn"ne of the Assumption and Ecumenism, in The Australaszan Catholic Record 61 Uanu­ ary, 1984) 53-64. 18. The Ecumenical Society of the B.V.M., of the United States, has offices at Elise Smith (Secretary ESBVM), 423 Fourth St. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002. Membership applications and inquiries are welcomed; members receive notices of the twice-yearly meetings and can obtain copies of talks, e.g., from the May, 1984, meeting in the Wash­ ington area: Peter Hocken, Mary, the Spirit and the Heart ofthe Gospel, and Donald G. Dawe (same paper he read at the Dublin conference, April, 1984), Dogma of the Im­ maculate Conception in Ecumenical Perspective. 19. Our Lady's Digest (quarterly, from P.O. Box 1022, Twin Lakes, WI 53181) is approaching its fortieth year, and con­ tinues to present the best in reprints and original articles se­ lected from around the world, e.g., in recent issues: 38

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(Winter, 1983/4: Carlo Carretto, Christmas in the Sahara; 38 (Spring, 1984): R.M. Charest, Our Lady ofPeace-the great statue at Santa Clara, CA; 39 (Summer, 1984): Bishop Ambrose Weakes of Gibralter (Anglican), Our Lady ofEurope andjames M. Deschene, O.S.B., Mary: Contem­ plative Reaft'st. Notes on Feminine Spirituality. F. MISCELLANY 1. Eamon MacCraoibhe, O.S.M., Queen of the Bn'ght Lz'ght (Servite Publications, Dublin, 1983, 36 p.); art-work by Elizabeth Dougan. 2. Far Beyond Pearls (Documents of Research, Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary) (Provincial Residence, Kankakee, IL, 1978): Agnes Cunningham, SSCM, and others. 3. Tatiana Goritcheva, , convertis d'Union sovietique (presentation d'Olivier Clement) (Nouvelle cite, Paris, 1983): from the German, a struggle for women's rights by Soviet women, with the BVM as an inspiration. 4. Andre Louf, O.Cist., The Ct'stercian Alternative (Gill and Macmillan, Dublin): has chapter With Mary, the Mother of jesus, according to the article-review by Eoin de Bhal­ draithe, 0. Cist. , in Religious Life Review 2 3 (March-April, 1984) 99-101. 5. Petro B. T. Bilaniuk, Studies in Eastern (v. 2} (Munich and Toronto, Ukrainian Free University, 1982): according to review in journal of Ecumenical Studies 20 (Fall, 1983) 678 has good material on Mary. 6. William Johnston, Christian Today (known only from an advertisement by a bookseller, in April, 1984): contents include The Woman (BVM as well). 7. Pavel Florensky, A Metaphysics of Love (St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, NY, 1984): has been called to my notice as having sections on Mary and Holy . 8. James]. Preston, ed., Mother Worship Theme and Varia­ tions (Univ. of No. Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, NC, 1982): Ena Campbell, The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Female Selflmage: A Mexican Case History, etc. 9. Robert E. Burns, Thoroughly Modern Mary, in U.S. Cath-

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olz'c 49 (May, 1984) 2. 10. Albert]. Hebert, S.M., The Tears of Mary and Fatima. Why? "Return to my Son!" (Paulina, La., 1983, 152 p.): on a topic of persistent interest. 11. P. Delhaye and L. Elders, editors, Episcopate Munus (As­ sen, Van Gorcum, 1982): in Festschrift for Bishop Glisen of Roermond, among items, Johannes Stohr on "the bishop and the Mother of God," according to Theological Studies review 45 (March, 1984) 169-171. G. LAST MINUTE ITEMS 1. Ignatius Press of San Francisco announces for 1984 the re­ print of Handmaid of the Lord by . 2. Paulist Press, New York, is advertising in 1984 the title, Joan Jungermann, SSND, Mary. Handmaid of the Lord, as a 6-session booklet based on Lumen gentium, in their Pilgrim­ age Series, resources for small groups and adult education. 3. I have seen reviewed but not yet had the chance to examine for myself the translation of the book by Nilo Geagea, O.C.D., Mary of the Koran: A Meeting Point Between (Philosophical Library, New York, 1984); on the Italian original see Marian Studies, Survey, vol. 25 (1974) 107-112. 4. The Word Among Us announces for October, 1984, the theme of Mary as Model of the Church (P.O. Box 3646, Washington, D.C. 20037). 5. Daniel F. Stramara, O.S.B., this article has appeared in three places: What the Bible Says about Mary, in The Pecos Benedictine (October, 1983) 2 and 7, as a 15¢ leaflet from the same source, and as reprint, titled Mary, the Mother of God, in Theosis (Newsletter for Orthodox Spiritual Re­ newal) 7 Ouly, 1984). 6. Vincent Borg, ed., in the Islands ofSaint Paul (1600-1800} (for the international congress held Sep­ tember, 1983, Malta). EAMON R. CARROLL, O.CARM. Professor of Theology Loyola University of Chicago

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