Dr. Eric W. Gritsch
The Rev. Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund, Ltd.
PO Box 23064
Baltimore, MD 21203-5064
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The Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund
2018 End Of Year Letter From The Board
Is What You See What you Get?
The 6th Annual Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund Symposium
Saturday, March 2, 2019 10am – 2pm
George Peabody Library
17 East Mount Vernon Place, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Carlos Eire, T. Lawrason Riggs Professor of History and Religious Studies at Yale University, will speak on: Bodies that Defy the Laws of Nature: Miracles as Catholic Resistance to the Protestant Disenchantment of the World.
Thomas Santa Maria, Gritsch Fellow, and Ph.D candidate in Renaissance Studies and History, Yale University, will speak on: To See or Not to See: Catholic Reformers, the Senses and Tridentine Orthopraxis
Symposium Speaker's Biographies
Please RSVP by February 28 thRegistration fee of $30 (non-refundable) by check to: Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund or cash day of event
(Refreshments Provided)
Mail Registration: name, contact info., check to Gritsch Memorial Fund,
PO Box 23064, Baltimore, MD 21203 Inquiries: 410-342-0643
Mapping Maryland
Behind-the-Scenes Tour and Talk
Was held Saturday January 12th, 2019 at the George Peabody Library by Paul Espinosa, Curator, Johns Hopkins University
The early territories of Maryland and the cityscapes of Baltimore took shape in beautiful maps and prints. This stunning selection from The Willard Hackerman Map Collection, a recent bequest to Johns Hopkins University, reflects the private passion of a collector; charts the early mapping of Maryland and Baltimore; and allows for their continued use through new digital technologies and teaching.
Photos Video
Baltimore Sun Article About The Exhibit
Lutherfest 2018
Martin Luther's Birthday Celebration was held again on
Sunday, November 11th at the Adlersaal of Zion Church of Baltimore
The evening included a meal, entertainment, and a presentation by
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Vought
GRAVITAS, GRACE, and GOOD HUMOR
Luther’s Theology of the Cross & Vocation
with a Tribute to Dr. Gritsch
Brewer’s Talk
History of local Beers and Brewing
On Saturday, September 15, 2018 in the Adlersaal of Zion Church of the City of Baltimore, the Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund hosted a talk and book signing by local author and historian Maureen O’Prey. She presented and answered questions about local brewing history.
Local craft beers, and German cold cuts, breads and pretzels were sampled.
His Hand Is Already Holding Me
An Art History Lecture by Yu Na Han,
was held Saturday August 11th, 2018
at the George Peabody Library Baltimore.
Photos
Gritsch Fellowship Winner & Rome (Again!)
Thomas Santa Maria reported to us from his most recent research and adventures in Rome!
Details Follow His Progress
LUTHER AND BODIES:
IMPLICATIONS OF INCARNATION
The 5th Annual Theological Symposium
was held Saturday March 10th, 2018 again at the historic
George Peabody Library at Mt. Vernon Place Baltimore, Maryland
Dr. Jane Strohl Dr. Martha Stortz
Full Presentation Video Full Presentation Video
From Conflict to Communion –
The First Joint Commemoration of the Reformation
Lutherans and Roman Catholics Together Article
Rev Dr. Eric W. Gritsch served as Emeritus Professor of Church History, Gettysburg Lutheran Seminary where he also directed the Institute for Luther Studies. A native of Austria, he experienced firsthand the reign of Adolf Hitler and the tyranny of Communism; he came to the United States in 1954. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University and is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He had taught at Wellesley College, the Catholic University of America, California Lutheran University, the Ecumenical Institute of Theology at St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore, and in the Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Chair at the Melanchthon Institute in Houston, TX.
Dr. Gritsch participated for two decades in the North American Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue, and has served for a decade of the Board of the Ecumenical Institute of Theology, St. Mary's Seminary and University in Baltimore. The Rev. Eric W. Gritsch and his spouse Bonnie Brobst lived in Baltimore Maryland and he was a member of Zion Church of Baltimore.
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PO Box 23064
Baltimore, MD 21203-5064
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