2007 Summer Bridgefolk Gathering

July 26-29, 2007

 

Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary

3003 Benham Avenue

Elkhart, Indiana

 

 

Who Do We Think We Are? –

Catholics and Mennonites Growing Together in Christ

 

Thursday, July 26

 

Arrival and registration during the day (where will registration take place?)

Optional Guided Tours         1:45-5:00 pm  

South Bend:  Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame,

            and Chapel of Lorretto, St. Mary’s College

Shipshewana:  Mennohof -- The Amish and Mennonite Story

 

 

Session 1:  Who do we think we are?

 

7:00    Welcome and introductions – Abbot John Klassen and Marlene Kropf,

                                                               Co-chairs of Bridgefolk board

7:15    Opening worship

7:30    Greetings from local leaders

7:45    Stories of friendship and double belonging

(introduction to Bridgefolk history and purpose)

8:45    Evening prayer

 

9:00    Social hour

 

Friday, July 27

 

7:00 am          Morning prayer in chapel --Abbot John Klassen and Fr. William

                        Skudlarek, Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota

7:45                Breakfast in Lambright Center Dining Hall

 

Session 2:  Who are the Catholic and Mennonite Communities in North

            America (case study of Elkhart/La Grange County and St. Joseph

            County)?

 

9:00    Opening prayer

9:20    Introducing the Roman Catholic Experience in Michiana

10:15  Break

10:45  Introducing the Mennonite Experience in Elkhart/LaGrange Counties

 

12 noon  Lunch in Lambright Center Dining Hall

 

1:45 pm   Service projects or tour options

·         Service:  Catholic Worker House in South Bend

·         Service:  Mennonite option in Elkhart-Goshen (still to be defined)

·         Optional Tours

South Bend:  Basilica of the Sacred Heart, University of Notre Dame,

            and Chapel of Lorretto, St. Mary’s College

Shipshewana:  Mennohof -- The Amish and Mennonite Story

 

5:30    Dinner

 

Session 3:  Stories of Grace and Transformation – Growing into our Baptism

 

7:00    Opening prayer

7:20    Mennonite and Roman Catholic Stories of Baptism and Initiation

8:40    Evening prayer

9:00    Closing

 

After-hours:  A film, The Radicals, will be shown -- with discussion to follow

 

Saturday, July 28

 

7:00    Morning prayer in chapel

7:45    Breakfast in Lambright Center Dining Hall

 

Session 4:  Theology and Practice of Baptism in our Two Traditions

 

9:00    Opening prayer

9:20    Mennonite Theology and Practice of Baptism  

10:15 Break

10:45  Roman Catholic Theology and Practice of Baptism

 

12 noon  Lunch in Lambright Center Dining Hall

 

Session 5:  Baptismal Commitments and Being “Good Citizens” –

            Experiences of Mennonites and Roman Catholics in North America

 

1:45 pm  Opening prayer

2:00    Roman Catholic Experience of Baptism and Citizenship

2:30    Break

2:45    Mennonite Experience of Baptism and Citizenship

3:15    Break

3:30    Discussion groups

4:30    Break

 

5:30    Dinner

 

 

Session 6:  Sharing Our Music

 

7:00    Introduction to evening

7:20    Hymn-sing led by Fr. Michael Joncas, University of Notre Dame; Debra

                        Brubaker, Goshen College, and Mary K. Oyer, retired from Goshen

                        College and Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary

8:30    Evening prayer

           

9:00    Social hour

 

 

Sunday, July 29

 

7:00    Morning prayer in chapel

7:45    Light breakfast in Lambright Center Dining Hall

 

Session 7:  Wrapping up and Closing Reflections

 

9:00    Reflections on the Gathering, Bridgefolk business and issues for further

                        consideration

10:00  Break

 

10:30  Closing Bridgefolk worship, with agape meal/brunch and footwashing

           

12 noon Departure