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	<description>Website for Bridgefolk, a movement of sacramentally-minded Mennonites and peace-minded Roman Catholics who come together to celebrate each other's traditions, explore each other's practices, and honor each other's contribution to the mission of Christ's Church.</description>
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		<title>Vatican&#8217;s ecumenical council proposes renewed dialogue with Mennonites</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/07/16/vaticans-ecumenical-council-proposes-renewed-dialogue-with-mennonites/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent Information Service publication of the Vatican&#8217;s Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) includes news that the PCPCU has sent a letter to the Mennonite World Council &#8220;proposing a round of conversations.&#8221;  The council suggests that this new round of dialogue begin in late 2010 or early 2011, and that discussions center on &#8220;the theology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lutherans to seek formal reconciliation with Anabaptists</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:59:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strasbourg, France (MWC) -When Lutherans from around the world gather in July, they will seek a historic reconciliation with Mennonites and other Christians of the Anabaptist tradition. On July 22, the third day of the eleventh assembly of the Lutheran World Federation (LWF) to be held in Stuttgart, Germany, delegates are expected to ask &#8220;forgiveness-from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why footwashing – a testimony</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/07/12/why-footwashing-%e2%80%93-a-testimony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 19:18:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I read with interest your announcement of the Foot Washing Conference to be held this summer. I am a retired Mennonite Minister in Des Allemands, LA. I would love to attend your conference.  But that is not possible.  Instead I will share this testimony:
Among my friends was Father &#8220;Mac&#8221; McCallion, the priest at St. Gertrude&#8217;s Catholic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Press release: 2010 Bridgefolk conference explores footwashing</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/06/02/press-release-2009-bridgefolk-conference-explores-footwashing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:51:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collegeville, MN (Bridgefolk) – For the ninth consecutive year a voluntary group of North American Mennonites and Catholics will meet for three days this summer for conversations about the faith which unites them—and the issues which divide them.  The Benedictine community at St. John&#8217;s Abbey in Collegeville MN will host the gathering, as it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study guide to help prepare world convocation on peace</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/06/01/study-guide-to-help-prepare-world-convocation-on-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 21:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Geneva (WCC) &#8212; “Telling the Truth About Ourselves and Our World”, a study guide on overcoming violence in contemporary contexts, has been published by the World Council of Churches in English, French, German and Spanish as part of the build-up to the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation (IEPC) in May 2011 at Kingston, Jamaica.
Gathering about 1,000 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recommended reading: &#8220;As Different as We Think: Catholics and Protestants&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/04/21/recommended-reading-as-different-as-we-think-catholics-and-protestants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Protestants and Catholics may use much the same vocabulary to express their respective beliefs and practices, but behind this common language lie different ways of thinking.  Becoming aware of and paying attention to these differences is essential for fruitful ecumenical dialogue.
Bridgefolk board member Darrin Snyder Belousek calls our attention to a recent article in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Stoltzfus, long-time CPT director &amp; friend of Bridgefolk, dead at 70</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/03/11/gene-stoltzfus-long-time-cpt-director-friend-of-bridgefolk-dead-at-70/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gene Stoltzfus, founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, died March 10 at age 70.  Stoltzfus was a friend of Bridgefolk and attended our conference at Saint John&#8217;s Abbey in 2008.    To read more, visit http://www.cpt.org/speakers/gene_stoltzfus.
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		<title>Pope&#8217;s theme for Lent: &#8220;Justice founded in love&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/03/11/popes-theme-for-lent-justice-founded-in-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pontiff Encourages Work With the Poor
VATICAN CITY, FEB. 14, 2010 (Zenit.org).- Benedict XVI is affirming that Jesus satisfies man&#8217;s &#8220;thirst for justice,&#8221; through his Divine love rather than political revolution.
The Pope stated this today in a public address before he prayed the midday Angelus with the pilgrims gathered in St. Peter&#8217;s Square.
He reflected on today&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An Iraq Journey: Remembering Rutba, seeing Jesus</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/02/26/an-iraq-journey-remembering-rutba-seeing-jesus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Weldon Nisly
Pastor, Seattle Mennonite Church
Bridgefolk board member
Every day for nearly seven years I have remembered Iraq and envisioned returning to that war-torn occupied land. I have longed to return to Iraq with Christian Peacemaker Teams and dreamed of going back to Rutba, a desert city in Western Iraq. Rutba holds a special place in [...]]]></description>
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