How Are We "Called Together?"

A Mennonite/Catholic Theological Colloquium

Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, Virginia

July 20 – 21, 2005

Program Schedule

WEDNESDAY, July 20

5:00 – 6:00 Evening Meal in Northlawn Hall Dining Room (staff will have registration list)

6:00 – 7:00 Registration in Seminary building

7:00     Opening session in Seminary building room 202                 

Welcome & introductions

Keynote: John A. Lapp, church historian, former Executive Secretary of Mennonite Central Committee: “Ecumenical Dialogue as a Ministry of Reconciliation”

First response: Abbot John Klassen OSB, Saint John’s Abbey

THURSDAY, July 21

7:00 – 8:00 Breakfast

8:30 Panel 1: Nancy Heisey, Eastern Mennonite University and Mennonite World Conference; Earl Zimmerman, Eastern Mennonite University

“What Have We Learned? What Next? – Mennonite Responses to the Final Report of the International Dialogue”

Responses and discussion

10:00   Coffee break

10:30 Panel 1: Margaret Pfeil, University of Notre Dame; Drew Christiansen SJ, America magazine

“What Have We Learned? What Next? – Roman Catholic Responses to the Final Report of the International Dialogue”

Responses and discussion

12:00 – 1:00 Lunch

1:30 Follow-up Discussions and Planning

Break-out groups: Church Historians, Theologians, Ecumenists, Etc.

Plenary discussion

3:00 Coffee break

3:30 “What’s Next?” Brainstorming and Planning

5:00 Adjourn