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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>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/07/16/lutherans-to-seek-formal-reconciliation-with-anabaptists/</link>
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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>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>Conference registration now online</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/05/20/conference-registration-now-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 01:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Online registration is now available for the 2010 Bridgefolk Conference at St. John&#8217;s Abbey.  Registrants may choose to register by mail, e-mail or online.  Please click here for the registration page.
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		<title>Mennonite-Catholic dialogue featured in ecumenical conference</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/05/05/mennonite-catholic-dialogue-featured-in-ecumenical-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 18:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent Mennonite-Catholic dialogue will be among the projects discussed at an upcoming ecumenical conference in St. Paul, MN.  Hosted by Saint Paul Seminary, &#8220;A Century of Ecumenism&#8221; will be held June 17-19.  The conference is organized by Monsignor John Radano, Vatican staff person for the Mennonite-Catholic dialogue.
From the conference website:
The goal of this seminar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgefolk co-sponsors ecumenical peace conference</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/04/25/bridgefolk-co-sponsors-ecumenical-peace-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 23:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peace Among the Peoples is a gathering of ecumenically minded Christian peacemakers. This  conference will be an opportunity to reflect on the future of ecumenical  peacemaking in North America, and beyond. Bridgefolk is a co-sponsor of this conference.
In May 2011, the World Council of Churches will hold the  International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic-Mennonite  encuentro  in Guatemala</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/04/09/catholic-mennonite-encuentro-in-guatemala/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COBAN, Guatemala &#8211; Local Catholics and Mennonites recently gathered in an unprecedented ecumenical meeting in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.  Among the participants were Rob and Tara Cahill, former workers with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Coban.
Rob and Tara offer this introductory account of the context for their work:
The Verapaz has deep historical connections with the Dominican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conference registration now open</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/03/31/conference-registration-now-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Mar 2010 12:25:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Registration is now open for the 2010 conference.  The conference will be held July 22-25 at St. John&#8217;s Abbey in Collegeville, MN.  Visit the conference page for more information or click here to access the registration form directly.  Online registration will be available soon.
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		<title>Bridgefolk 2010 Conference schedule updated</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/03/15/bridgefolk-2010-conference-schedule-updated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[To see the updated schedule for this summer&#8217;s conference, please click here.  For registration information, please click here.
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