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The Society of Mary is an Anglican devotional society dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary. As its website states, it is a group of Anglican Christians:
"dedicated to the Glory of God and the Holy Incarnation of Christ under the invocation of Our Lady, Help of Christians."
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Abbreviation | SOM |
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Named after | Mary Help of Christians |
Formation | 1931 |
Merger of | The Confraternity of Our Lady (formed in 1880) and the League of Our Lady (formed in 1902). |
Type | Marian devotional society |
Headquarters | United Kingdom |
Region | Worldwide |
Services | Grants for pilgrimages(Marian shrines) and reparations of Marian images(UK). |
Official language | English |
Robert Ladds | |
Chaplain-General | Rev Graeme Rowlands, ssc |
Affiliations | Church of England, Anglican Communion |
Staff | 4-6 |
Website | societyofmary.net |
Remarks | The Society is not entirely made of Anglican laity and has members of other Christian denominations. |
The Anglican Society of Mary is not to be confused with the two Roman Catholic religious orders of the same name commonly called the Marists and the Marianists.
The stated objectives of the society are:
Members of the society keep a rule of life that includes traditional Marian devotions (such as the Angelus and the Rosary), intercession for the faithful departed members of the society, participation in Mass on the major Marian feasts and solemnities and active engagement in apostolic work.
In localities where there are a number of members they may come together to form local organisations called "wards" or "cells". These groups gather for prayer and fellowship.
The society's magazine, called AVE, is published twice per year.
The Society of Mary began in 1931 as the combination of two other societies: The Confraternity of Our Lady (formed in 1880) and the League of Our Lady (formed in 1902). The American region of the society received its independence in 1962. Although Anglican in origin there are non-Anglican members of the society and they can be found all over the world. The main regional organisations are in England and the United States.
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