Reading Scripture, Breaking Bread: Bridgefolk 2012
Saint Joseph, MN (BRIDGEFOLK) — Forty Mennonites and Catholics gathered July 26-29 at Saint Benedict’s monastery in St. Joseph,MN for the eleventh annual Bridgefolk conference. Bridgefolk is a movement...
View ArticleThe witness of Margaret O’Gara — two reflections
We are grateful to the authors for permission to share two reflections on the life of our departed friend and colleague, Margaret O’Gara. “Fully Human, Spiritual, Religious, Christian” is a reflection...
View ArticleBaptism the focus of trilateral dialogue by Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans
Rome, Italy/Bogota, Colombia (MWC) – An international trilateral dialogue between Mennonites, Catholics and Lutherans began in Rome, 9-13 December 2012. According to a joint release issued after the...
View ArticleFernando Enns publishes new book on ecumenism and peace
Fernando Enns, Professor of Mennonite Peace Theology and Ethics at the University of Amsterdam has recently published a new book Ökumene und Frieden (Ecumenism and Peace). In it Enns shows how...
View ArticleMennonites and Catholics to join in marking Michael Sattler’s martyrdom
Collegeville, MN (BRIDGEFOLK) – On May 26-27 a group of Mennonite and Catholic scholars and church leaders will gather at the Benedictine monastery in Collegeville MN to jointly mark the anniversary of...
View ArticleLetter to Pope Francis from Mennonite Church USA
March 21, 2013 His Holiness, Pope Francis I The Apostolic Palace 00120 Vatican City State EUROPE Your Holiness: On behalf of Mennonite Church USA, we offer heartfelt blessings to you in the new...
View ArticleMsgr. John A. Radano: Pope Francis and the ministry of unity
Bridgefolk perspectives on Pope Francis A significant aspect of the complex office and ministry of the Pope is his ministry of unity. As Bishop of the local Diocese of Rome and in his universal...
View ArticleDarrin Synder Belousek: Pope Francis and ecumenical relations
Bridgefolk perspectives on Pope Francis The question of whether Pope Francis will emphasize ecumenical dialogue and promote efforts for church unity has already been answered. It is no accident the...
View ArticleCatholics, Lutherans jointly to mark Reformation anniversary
(Reuters) – Senior Roman Catholic and Lutheran officials announced on Monday they would mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 as a shared event rather than highlight the clash that...
View ArticleSharing Peace: Mennonites and Catholics in Conversation now available
Papers from our 2007 conference at the University of Notre Dame on the Mennonite-Catholic dialogue report “Called Together to be Peacemakers” have now been published. Edited by Gerald Schlabach and...
View ArticleBrother Jeffrey Gros, RIP
Brother Jeffrey Gros, 75, died in Chicago, IL on August 12, 2013. A De La Salle Christian Brother for 58 years, he was born John Jefferson in Memphis, TN, the son of Jeff and Faye (Dickinson) Gros. He...
View ArticleCatholic News Service on the life and work of Bro. Jeffrey Gros
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — Christian Brother Jeffrey Gros, a leader in the ecumenical movement and former official with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, died...
View Article12th Annual Bridgefolk Conference Meets in Waterloo
Collegeville, MN (BRIDGEFOLK) — Meeting for the first time in Canada, the 12th annual Bridgefolk conference was held July 25-28 at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario under the theme,...
View ArticleSchedule of events for the celebration of the Feast of Saint Marcellus 2013
Shawn Storer, director of Catholic Peace Fellowship, has issued the following public invitation: Peace. The Saint Marcellus Day 2013 events that will take place in South Bend and Notre Dame, Indiana...
View ArticleNew resource: Just Peace: Ecumenical, Intercultural, and Interdisciplinary...
Christian theology and ethics have wrestled with the challenge to apply Jesus’s central message of nonviolence to the injustices of this world. Is it not right to defend the persecuted by using...
View ArticlePope Francis affirms priority of Christian unity, cites “ecumenism of blood”
In a mid-December interview with the Italian periodical La Stampa, Pope Francis affirmed continuing work for Christian unity. But Christians should also recognize that they already are united through...
View ArticleResearcher speaks on religious freedom, meets pope
By Kelli Yoder, Mennonite World Review Halfway through a conference on Christianity and freedom, Chad Bauman and his fellow presenters were told the schedule had changed. The next morning they crossed...
View ArticleMennonite and Catholic relief agencies partner
From Disaster News Network: Catholic Charities, Diocese of Metuchen (CCDOM) and the Mennonite Disaster Service (MDS) have partnered to repair and restore homes destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. More than a...
View ArticleThe pope to the World Council of Churches: take the path to full communion...
Vatican City, 7 March 2014 (VIS) – This morning the Holy Father met with Rev. Olav Fykse Tveit, secretary general of the World Council for Churches, accompanied by a delegation. The Pope remarked that...
View ArticleMennonites, Catholics and Lutherans hold second round of dialogue on baptism
Release date: Sunday, 9 March 2014 Strasbourg, France – “I continue to be inspired by the mutuality of our work,” commented John Rempel of Toronto, Ontario, one of the Mennonite participants in the...
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