Dr. Eric W. Gritsch
The Rev. Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund, Ltd.
PO Box 23064
Baltimore, MD 21203-5064
bonnie
The Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund
THE ERIC W. GRITSCH MEMORIAL FUND
Invites you to attend its 2018 Fall Event!
Sunday, November 11, 2018 7:00 -- 9:00 p.m.
The Adlersaal of Zion Church
400 East Lexington StreetBaltimore, MD 21202
Meal, Entertainment, and 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
See Photos From Last Years Lutherfest
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.
Photos Presentation Video (Soon)
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
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 Full Presentation
From Conflict to Communion –
The First Joint Commemoration of the Reformation
Lutherans and Roman Catholics Together Article
Bibliomania: 150 Years of Collecting Rare Books at the George Peabody Library
A Tour By Curator Paul Espinosa
was held Saturday, January 20th, 2018. Photos
2018 Letter from the board to the friends of the fund
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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The Rev. Dr. Eric W. Gritsch Memorial Fund, Ltd.
PO Box 23064
Baltimore, MD 21203-5064
bonnie