The MSA first began meeting in 1950. You can see the many places where the Society has met and the themes of the conference below. You can find links to the specific journal edition on the Marian Studies page of our website.
Vol | Date | Year | place | City | Theme |
1 | Jan 3-4 | 1950 | McMahon Hall Auditorium at the Catholic University of America | Washington, D.C | Mariology in General |
2 | Jan 3-4 | 1951 | Grand Ballroom of the Hotel Sheraton | Worcester, Massachusetts | Maiology in general and Co-Redemption |
3 | Jan 3-4 | 1952 | Statler Hotel | New York City, NY | Spiritual Maternity and Other things |
4 | Jan 5-6 | 1953 | Statler Hotel | Cleveland, OH | Queenship |
5 | Jan 4-5 | 1954 | Holy Name College, Franciscan House of Theology | Washington, D.C | Immaculate Conception |
6 | Jan 3-4 | 1955 | Statler Hotel | St. Louis Mo | Maternity |
7 | Jan 3-4 | 1956 | Hotel New Yorker | New York City, NY | Virginity |
8 | Jan 3-4 | 1957 | Hotel Marrison | Chicago Illinois | Mary’s Death and Immortality |
9 | Jan 2-3 | 1958 | Aviation Room, Miami Hotel | Dayton OH | Mary and the church |
10 | Jan 5-6 | 1959 | Mc Bride room Alexander Hamilton Hotel | Paterson NJ | Principle of Mariology |
11 | Jan 4-5 | 1960 | Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel | Detroit, MI | Mariology in General |
12 | Jan 2-3 | 1961 | Magnificent New Hilton Hotel | Pittsburgh, PA | Protoevangelium |
13 | Jan 2-3 | 1962 | Notre Dame Seminary | New Orleans LA | Virginity |
14 | Jan 2-3 | 1963 | Statler Hilton Hotel | Boston, Mass | Holiness and Grace of Mary |
15 | Jan 2-4 | 1964 | Muehlebach Hotel | Kansas City, Mo | Ecumenical Problem |
16 | Jan 4-5 | 1965 | Sheraton Hotel | Philadelphia, Pa | Our Lady and Salvation History |
17 | Jan 3-4 | 1966 | Sheraton Hotel | louisville, Ky | Devotion to Our Lady |
18 | Jan 2-3 | 1967 | Passionist Fathers Retreat House ” Our Lady of Florida” | North Plam Beach Florida | Current trends in the field of theology, and especially in Mariology |
19 | Jan 2-3 | 1968 | JOhn XXIII Center for Christian Renewal | Dayton OH | Academic Freedom and Loyalty to the Magisterium of the church and Liturgical Devotion |
20 | Jan 2-3 | 1969 | Sheraton Hotel in Old Historic Tampa | Tampa Fla | Mary, Model of Modern Woman |
21 | Jan 2-4 | 1970 | Penn-Garden Hotel | New York, NY | Mary’s Virginal Conception |
22 | Jan 4-5 | 1971 | Happy Dolphin Inn | St. Petersburg Beach, Fla | Important Role of Mary in Our Life |
23 | Jan 3-4 | 1972 | our Lady of Pillar, Christian Renewal Center | San Antonio Texas | Today and Mary |
24 | Jan 3-4 | 1973 | Sheraton Jefferson Hotel | St. Louis Mo | Virgin Birth Conception |
25 | Jan 3-4 | 1974 | Happy Dolphin Inn | St. Petersburg Beach, Fla | Salvific Role of Mary compared with that of Church |
26 | Jan 2-3 | 1975 | Sheraton Biltmore Hotel | Atlanta,Ga | Mariology in General |
27 | Jan 5-6 | 1976 | Auditorium of the Oblate College | Washington, D.C | Mariology in General |
28 | Jan 3-4 | 1977 | Our Lady of Florida Retreat House | North Plam Beach Fla | Image of Mary in New Testament |
29 | Jan 4-5 | 1978 | St. Joseph Spiritual Center | Baltimore Md | Contemporary Mary |
30 | Jan 3-4 | 1979 | Franciscan Center | Tampa Fla | reflections on problems of Mary |
31 | Jan 3-4 | 1980 | Ballroom of Southgate Tower | New York, NY | Marian Teaching and Devotion |
32 | Jan 6-7 | 1981 | The Sisters of Framsiscan Center | Tampa Fla | Modern Christology |
33 | Jan 4-5 | 1982 | Oblate Retreat House, Cana San Jose | San Antonio Texas | Marian Dogma and virginal Conception |
34 | Jan 4-5 | 1983 | Retreat House of Passionist Our Lady of Florida | North Plam Beach Fla | Mariology in General |
35 | May 29-30 | 1984 | Washington Retreat House | Washington, D.C | Mariology in General |
36 | May 29-30 | 1985 | Bergamo Center, A Marianist Retreat House | Dayton OH | Mariology in General and Reports |
37 | May28-29 | 1986 | Franciscan Center | Tampa Fla | Lumen Gentium |
38 | June 1-2 | 1987 | Washington Retreat House | Washington, D.C | Mariology in General |
39 | June 1-2 | 1988 | Christ the King Seminary | East Aurora, NY | Redemption |
40 | May 31- Jun 1 | 1989 | Mercy Center | Burlingame, Calif | Mary in the Liturgy |
41 | May30-31 | 1990 | Providence College | Providence RI | Mary in the Mysterious of Christ |
42 | May29-30 | 1991 | Cenacle Retreat House | Chicago Illinois | Mary in the Lent |
43 | May 28-29 | 1992 | University of St. Thomas | Houston Tex | Mary in Ordinary Time |
44 | May 27-28 | 1993 | Providence College | Providence RI | Marian Popular Devotion |
45 | May 25-26-27 | 1994 | Loyola University | New Orleans La | Mary and Chatechism |
46 | May 24-26 | 1995 | University of Dayton | Dayton OH | Tje Blessed Virgin Mary Faith and Culture |
47 | May 29-31 | 1996 | Villanova University | Villanova, PA | Marian Spirituality and Interreligious Dialogue |
48 | May 21-23 | 1997 | Oblate Renwal Center | San Antonio, TX | Role of the Virgin Mary in the Reunion of the Church |
49 | May27-29 | 1998 | International Schoenstatt Center | Waukesha, WI | The Virgin Mary in Art |
50 | May25-28 | 1999 | Theological College | Washington, D.C | Magnificat: Gratitude and Praise |
51 | May 24-26 | 2000 | Natrional Shrine of Our Lady of Snows | Belleville, IL | With the Mother of the Lord on Pilgrimage to the New Millennium |
52 | May30 – June 2 | 2001 | University of Dayton | Dayton OH | The Marian Dimension of Christian Spirrtuality: Historical Perspectives |
53 | May 22-25 | 2002 | Cardinal Spellman Retreat Center, Riverdale | Bronx, NY | The Marian Dimension of the Christian Life: II Middle Period |
54 | May 21-24 | 2003 | Mount St. Mary’s College (Chalon Campus) | Los Angeles, CA | The Marian Dimension of the Christian Life: III The 19th and 20th Century |
55 | May 19-22 | 2004 | The Cenacle Retreat House | Houston Texas | The Immaculate Conception,: Calling and Destiny |
56 | May 18-21 | 2005 | Maria Joseph Spiritual Center | Biddeford Maine | Mary, Eschatological Icon of the Church |
57 | May16-19 | 2006 | Weber Center of the Adrian Dominican Retreat and Conference Center | Lansing, Michigan | Theotokos: Mother of All People |
58 | May22-25 | 2007 | Cederbrake Retreat and Renewal Center | Belton, Texas | The Viginity of Mary |
59 | May 20-23 | 2008 | Holy Cross Family Marianist | North Easton, Massachusetts | The Cooperation of Virgin Mary in Redemption |
60 | May 26-29 | 2009 | Marywood Retreat and Conference Center | St. Johns FL | Telling Mary’s Story |
61 | May 18-21 | 2010 | Seminary of Immaculate Conception | Huntington, NY | Mary and Scripture Since Vatican II |
62 | May 17-20 | 2011 | Fransiscan Renwal Center | Scottsdale, AZ | The Virgin Mary in the Unidted States and Canada |
63 | May 23-26 | 2012 | Mount Angel Abbey | St. Benedict, OR | The Virgin Mary in the Unidted States and Canada Part 2 |
64 | May 21-24 | 2013 | Mt. St. Mary’s Seminary | Cincinnati, OH | Mary and the New Evangelization |
65 | May20- 23 | 2014 | Viterbo University | La Crosse, WI | Forty Years After Marialis Cultus |
66 | May 19-22 | 2015 | The Catholic Conference Center | Hickory, NC | Mary and Holy Families Living Today |
67 | May 17-23 | 2016 | Fransiscan Retreat Center | Colorado Springs, CO | Theological Foundations of Devotion to the Heart of Mary |
68 | May16-19 | 2017 | House Schoenstatt | Rockport TX | The Blessed Virgin’s Relationship to the Sacraments of Christian Initiation |
69 | May 15- 18 | 2018 | Bergamo Center for Life Learning | Dayton OH | The Blessed Virgin’s Relationship to the Sacraments of Healing and Christian Vocation |
70 | May 14-17 | 2019 | National Shrine of Our Lady of LaSalette | Attleboro, MA | The Blessed Virgin Mary and the Call to Holiness |
71 | May 12-15 | 2020 | Online- Pandemic | Online | The Person of Mary: Her Cultural and Anthropological Dimensions |
72 | May11-14 | 2021 | Online – Pandemic | Online | Mary and the Word of God |
73 | May 17-20 | 2022 | Marytown National Shrine of Maximilian Kolbe | Libertyville IL | The Collection of Marian Masses |
74 | May 23-26 | 2023 | Benedictine Sisters’ Monastery | Cullman, AL | The Collection of Marian Masses: Ordinary Time |
75 | May 21-24 | 2024 | Archbishop Brunett Retreat Center | Federal Way, WA | Mariology of Vatican II |
76 | May 20-23 | 2025 | St. Mary’s Seminary | Baltimore, MD | Marian Apparitions: Discernment and Significance |