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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>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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		<title>Duke Center for Reconciliation invites applications to summer institute</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applications are now being received for the 2010 Duke Divinity School Summer Institute, online at www.divinity.duke.edu/summerinstitute.   This summer’s Institute will focus on the theme “The Ministry of Reconciliation in a Divided World” and will be held from May 31 – June 5, 2010 on the campus of Duke Divinity School. The 2010 Summer Institute will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A prayer for Haiti</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/02/15/a-prayer-for-haiti/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:53:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Rose Marie Berger
Most Holy Creator God, Lord of heaven and earth,
we bring before you today your people of Haiti.
It is You who set in motion the stars and seas,
You who raised up the mountains of the Massif de la Hotte
and Pic La Selle. It is You who made her people in your very image:
Their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgefolk Board member returns to Rutba, Iraq</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Weldon Nisly, pastor of Seattle Mennonite Church and Bridgefolk Board member, returned to Rutba, Iraq in January as part of a Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT).   As part of a CPT delegation that visited Iraq in 2003 during the US invasion, Nisly was injured in an automobile accident and treated at a clinic in Rutba.  He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Italian Catholic bishops call for nonviolence</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:10:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[War Is Irrational, Italian Bishop Affirms 
Conference Considers Priority of Disarmament
ROME, FEB. 8, 2010 (Zenit.org).- War is irrational and inhuman, and non-violence needs to become a language, reconciliation a style of life.
These were some of the conclusions at the Italian episcopal conference&#8217;s convention last month on &#8220;For a World of Peace: the Dream of Isaiah and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Forgiving Lutherans could be a temptation for self-righteousness,&#8221; says Mennonite theologian</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 04:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The request of our historic persecutors for forgiveness presents us Mennonites with a temptation and an opportunity, warns Jeremy Bergen, assistant professor of Religious Studies at Conrad Grebel University College, Waterloo, Ont.  In response to a previous article in Canadian Mennonite, Bergen publsihed the following commentary on the magazine&#8217;s website. 




Jeremy Bergen

Towards the conversion of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite Church Canada represented at Week of Prayer for Christian Unity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WINNIPEG, Manitoba —Mennonite Church Canada leaders gathered with those from other denominations on January 24/2010 for the opening service of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity.  Among the other denominations represented  were Anglican, Catholic, Ukrainian Catholic, United Church of Canada, Evangelical Lutheran, United Church of Christ, Salvation Army, Presbyterian and Ukrainian Orthodox.  Mennonite Church Canada [...]]]></description>
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		<title> The Mennonite  features personal story of Mennonite-Catholic journey</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/02/09/catholic-mennonite-story-in-mennonite-publication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/02/09/catholic-mennonite-story-in-mennonite-publication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent issue of The Mennonite includes a reflection from a &#8220;dyed-in-the-wool Catholic&#8221; who &#8220;came to feel comfortable and welcomed in a Mennonite community.&#8221;  The article is linked here.
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		<title>Bridgefolk Conference 2010 information</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/01/30/bridgefolk-conference-2010-information/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 02:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information related to the Bridgefolk 2010 Conference at St. John&#8217;s Abbey is now posted on the conference tab of the Bridgefolk website.  You may access the information at the conference tab above or click here for the main conference page.
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