Bridgefolk 2002

Creating Peacemaking Communities for the New Millennium
Catholics and Mennonites Bridging the Divide

St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, Minnesota
July 12-14, 2002

• Introduction
• Panel: “The Bridges that Have Brought Us Here.”
  • Moderator: Abbot John Klassen, OSB
  • Jeffrey Gros, FSC: Catholic-Mennonite Dialogue in Ecumenical Context
  • Ivan Kauffman: International Mennonite-Catholic Dialogue
  • Weldon Nisly: The Emergence of the “Bridgefolk” Movement
  • Pat Shaver: Mennonite/Catholic Bridging Retreat, Laurelville 1999
• “The Changing Face of the World We Live In”
  • Moderator: Margaret Pfeil
  • Gerald Schlabach: Globalization and “Catholicity-from-Below”
  • Margaret O’Gara: The Continuing Impact of Vatican II
• “Learning from Each Other about Gospel Responses to Violence”
  • Moderator: Peter Gathje
  • Judy Zimmerman Herr: Mennonite Traditions of Peacemaking
  • Drew Christiansen, SJ: Catholic Traditions of Peacemaking
• “The Spiritual Resources We Offer One Another To Sustain Peacemaking Communities”
  • Moderator: Ann Marchand
  • C. Arnold Snyder: Mennonite Discipleship Spirituality
  • Doris Murphy: Catholic Sacramental Spirituality
• Final Report from Listening Committee:
  • Diane Zaerr Brenneman, John Rempel, Ron Pagnucco