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		<title>Michiana Bridgefolk sponsors day of reflection</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Michiana Bridgefolk will host a day of reflection on September 18 in South Bend, IN.  Participants will focus on “A Mennonite and Catholic Contribution to the World Council of Churches’ Decade to Overcome Violence.” Leaders include Bishop Kevin Rhoades, Marlene Kropf, Andre Stoner, Margie Pfeil, Mary Schertz, Tina Velthuizen, Mike Griffin, Rich Meyer, and Jay [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite World Conference endorses dialogue with Catholics, Lutherans</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Addis Ababa, Ethiopia &#8211; During its annual meeting in July, the Executive Committee of Mennonite World Conference approved participation in a tri-lateral conversation with the Lutheran World Federation and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity.  General Secretary Larry Miller reflected: “Because  of our history, we Anabaptists have often seen ourselves as heirs of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thirty Christian faith traditions share the peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by John Bender
ELKHART, Ind.—Jamal, a Muslim refugee from Zanzibar, and Matthew, a Jew, got acquainted as their children played in a neighborhood parkette in Canada’s largest city, Toronto. Learning of Jamal’s computer skills, Matthew found him a job.
Later, as the events of September 11, 2001, unfolded, Jamal came to Matthew’s house, shaken. ”I’m so sorry, but [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridgefolk conference explores footwashing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 02:27:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Collegeville &#8211; The annual Bridgefolk conference, which each summer brings together Mennonites and Catholics for four days of discussion and fellowship, met this year at Saint John’s Abbey at Collegeville, MN. This year topic was footwashing, which has emerged as a central practice of the conferences.
The program began with addresses by Mary Schertz, professor of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saint John&#8217;s awards Mennonite peacebuilder John Paul Lederach its highest honor</title>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vatican&#8217;s ecumenical council proposes renewed dialogue with Mennonites</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Footwashing: one congregation&#8217;s story</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 23:23:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgefolk participant Pat Shaver from Seattle Mennonite Church offers these reflections on the challenges her congregation encountered while planning a footwashing service:
Hygiene and hospitality
Seattle Mennonite is an urban congregation with a growing homeless ministry. MRSA (virulent type of infection) is frequent among the homeless.  The congregation needed a way to protect the health of the [...]]]></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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