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		<title>Julia Smucker, &#8220;Respect for Life: The Consistent Life Ethic in Catholic Social Teaching&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Click here to read Julia Smucker&#8217;s recent article in Life Matters Journal surveying the development of &#8220;consistent life ethics&#8221; in recent Catholic teaching. Smucker is an enthusiastic Bridgefolk participant and an MA student in Theology at Saint John&#8217;s School of Theology in Collegeville, MN.  She describes herself as proud that fellow students have dubbed her The Anti-Dichotomy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Darrin Snyder Belousek publishes major study on the atonement and peacemaking</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgefolk participant and board member Darrin Snyder Belousek has just published a major new book on atonement.  The book develops a biblical theology of the cross in connection with justice and peacemaking.  Published by Eerdmans, the book is entitled Atonement, Justice, and Peace: The Message of Cross and the Mission of the Church.   Belousek notes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Latest issue of Vision on theme of baptism</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest issue of Vision: A Journal for Church and Theology is dedicated to the theme of baptism.  Vision is published at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary in Indiana and Canadian Mennonite University in Manitoba, and is edited by Bridgefolk board member Mary Schertz. The theme of baptism is timely given that representatives of worldwide bodies of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Susan Harrison insists: Interfaith dialogue must include those &#8220;you can&#8217;t talk to&#8221;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drawing especially on her experience with Iranian Shiites, former Bridgefolk Board member Susan Kennel Harrison recently spoke at Eastern Mennonite University&#8217;s Interfaith Forum recently.  Her forum presentation, &#8220;You Can’t Talk to Them – Peacemaking and Dialogue,&#8221; focused on the importance of building relationships with persons of other religious affiliations, particularly fundamentalists, in order to promote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New book interprets church apologies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In recent years, churches have repented for historical wrongs. In his new book, Ecclesial Repentance: The Churches Confront Their Sinful Pasts, Jeremy M. Bergen tells the story of these apologies and analyzes the theological issues they raise about the nature and mission of the church. &#8220;In a context in which churches, as well as national governments, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Receiving grace through countercultural footwashing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 23:57:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Brian Miller Mennonite Weekly Review April 21, 2011 There’s no way around it — washing someone’s feet can be a bit awkward, especially if you are newer to this practice. In a day of vibey church cafes and artsy gathering spaces with sofas and technological whatsits, in a day when every attempt is made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Peace Fellowship magazine features Bridgefolk connections</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now available online is the Catholic Peace Fellowship journal Seeds of Peace, which last year devoted an issue to exploring “Mennonites, Catholics, and the Peace of Christ.” From the introduction: Because the Catholic Peace Fellowship has its headquarters in Northern Indiana, we have been graced to live close to, and work closely with, many Mennonite [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican celebrates 50 years of ecumenical engagement</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 21:08:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (PCPCU) assembled in November at the Vatican to mark a 50-year landmark in Roman Catholic ecumenical engagement.   On Pentecost 1960, as part of preparations for the Second Vatican Council, Pope John XXIII established the Catholic Church’s first secretariat for ecumenical dialogue.  The PCPCU is its successor organization, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saint John&#8217;s awards Mennonite peacebuilder John Paul Lederach its highest honor</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/08/10/pax-christi-award/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 16:17:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As part of its commencement ceremony May 9, Saint John&#8217;s University and Abbey in Minnesota awarded Mennonite peacebuilder John Paul Lederach its Pax Christi award.  The university&#8217;s highest honor, the Pax Christi award &#8221; recognizes those who have devoted themselves to God by working in the tradition of Benedictine monasticism to serve others and to [...]]]></description>
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