Regular meetings on every SECOND Tuesday of the month for encouraging discussions and meditation. Coffee, tea and biscuits at 10.30 for 11am in St Mary at the Elms church.

2023 EVENTS

Tuesday January 10th (St Mary at the Elms IP1 1EY) Tracy de Bernhardt Wood - Painting an icon of Mary (Part 1).

Tuesday February 14th (Elms) 10.30 for 11am. Richard Staines - 'Legends of the Blessed Virgin Mary'.

Saturday February 25th Museum Street Methodist Church 10.30 for 11am. Fleur Dorrell - 'Mary and the Visual Arts'.

Tuesday March 14th (Elms) 10.30 for 11am. 'Soul Food - written for the Guild by Michele Roberts. 

Thursday July 6th 9am from St Mary at the Elms. Pilgrimage to Walsingham, Roman Catholic shrine. Limited spaces on minibus. Booking essential.

Tuesday April 11th (Elms) 10.30 for 11am Mary at Easter. Bring and share anthology.

TBC Spring lunch at the Key Cafè, Crown Street, Ipswich.

Sunday May 7th All are welcome to accompany some of the Guild members on the exciting trip to Nettuno, Italy and attend their annual procession of 'the English Lady', Our Lady of Grace, on Sunday 7th May. Flight and hotel costs to be individually paid. Information on hotels may be obtained from Guild member Phil Roberts, address c/o The Vicarage, 68 Blackhorse Lane, Ipswich IP1 2EF.  

Tuesday May 9th (Elms) 10.30 for 11am. Fr John Garnett - 'Mary and the Greek Orthodox Church'.

Sunday May 21st (Elms) 6pm Annual Guild Service.

Tuesday June 13th (Elms) 10.30 for 11am. Some representations of Our Lady in film.

Tuesday July 11th (Elms) 10.30 for 11am.  Andrew Parnell - 'Ave Marie Stella' : Our Lady and organ music.

Sunday September 3rd  - Annual Pilgrimage Walk starting at 3pm from St Peter's by the Waterfront (IP4 1BF) onwards to the shrine accompanied this year, (acknowledging Cardinal Wolsey's 550 year of his birth), by the Mayor of Ipswich, Lynne Mortimer, and Kath Cockshaw and Phil Roberts on behalf of the Wolsey 550 Festival project.

Saturday September 16th - Christopher Borrett - 'Mary and Choral Music'. 10.30 for 11am start.

Friday September 22nd - Visit to the Greek Orthodox Church, Curriers Lane for 10am.

Tuesday October 10th  - The role of Mary in the modern papal encyclical tradition. Fr Michael Robinson at the Elms. 10.30 for 11am.

Tuesday November 14th - Our Lady and liberation theology. Rev Rachel Revely at the Elms. 10.30 for 11am.

Tuesday December 12th - The Magnificat, a creative response. Fr Kiran Lotay at the Elms. 10.30 for 11am.

 

2024

 

Tuesday January 9th- Praying with icons of Our Lady. Tracy de Bernhardt Wood at the Elms. 10.30 for 11am.

Tuesday February 13th - Mary. Rev. Charlotte Cook at the Elms. 10.30 for 11am.

Tuesday March 12th  - Accompanying Mary on the Way of the Cross. Fr John Ryder at the Elms. 10.30 for 11am.

Tuesday April 9th  - The Annunciation - bring and share anthology. The Feast of the Annunciation is the previous day, April 8th.

Friday May 3rd - Monday May 13th - Phil Roberts representing Ipswich and the Guild of Our Lady of Grace of Ipswich in Nettuno, Italy for the holy month of May. Phil will also be spending a couple of days in Pompeii and Herculaneum. If anyone would like to accompany Phil please contact him. Email: maryrose1545@hotmail.co.uk 

Sunday May 26th - Annual Guild Service at St Mary at the Elms Church for Vespers at 6pm.

Tuesday June 11th - Possible visit to the Shrine in Willesden, North London. TBC.

Tuesday July 9th - 10.30 for 11am. Book review of 'Mary, bringer of life' written by Dr Christopher Cocksworth.