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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&#039;s traditions, explore each other&#039;s practices, and honor each other&#039;s contribution to the mission of Christ&#039;s Church.</description>
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		<title>Blessed are the merciful</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2011/10/05/blessed-are-the-merciful/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 14:46:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Dora Dueck Borrowing Bones blog I belong to a Mennonite-Catholic dialogue group which meets several times a year. Our assignment for this week’s meeting was a personal reflection on the Beatitudes, broadly, and then more specifically, in choosing one beatitude we were particularly “attracted” to at this point — in not more than seven minutes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michiana Bridgefolk sponsors day of reflection</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 00:50:14 +0000</pubDate>
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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>Catholic-Mennonite  encuentro  in Guatemala</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 18:46:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[COBAN, Guatemala &#8211; Local Catholics and Mennonites recently gathered in an unprecedented ecumenical meeting in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.  Among the participants were Rob and Tara Cahill, former workers with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Coban. Rob and Tara offer this introductory account of the context for their work: The Verapaz has deep historical connections with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toronto dialogue group releases report</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2007/05/29/toronto-dialogue-group-releases-report/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2007 00:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[New on our website is the report of a dialogue group at the Toronto School of Theology. Ten graduate students in theology, half of whom are Roman Catholic and half Mennonite, met together regularly for two years to analyze and discuss Called Together to be Peacemakers, the final report from the international dialogue between Mennonites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still more local dialogues in Winnipeg!</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2007/01/30/still-more-local-dialogues-in-winnipeg/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 00:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In our Bridgefolk Brief last week we provided updates on a number of local dialogues between Mennonites and Roman Catholics that have come to our attention. One of these relayed information from a Canadian magazine concerning a congregation-to-parish dialogue in Winnipeg. As it turns out, this is only the beginning. Dr. Helmut Harder responded with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Local dialogues continue to emerge</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2007/01/22/local-dialogues-continue-to-emerge/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 00:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bridgefolk Briefs took a break last fall, but Mennonite / Catholic dialogue did not! Three new local dialogue groups have emerged: A group of 20 Mennonites and Catholics have been meeting monthly in Smithville, Ohio to study Called Together to be Peacemakers, the final report of the international dialogue that took place from 1998 to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michiana Bridgefolk forms around centering prayer in Northern Indiana</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2005 17:24:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More than a 100 Mennonites and Catholics in the Northern Indiana area came together for centering prayer last summer, contributing to the formation of one of the first local Bridgefolk groups.  Marlene Kropf, Bridgefolk co-chair notes that “one of the good things that came out of this experience was becoming friends and realizing how many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An update from Bridgefolk in the Newton, KS area</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2003/04/15/an-update-from-bridgefolk-in-the-newton-ks-area/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2003 21:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was good to return home from the July meeting at St. John&#8217;s and have other &#8220;bridgefolk&#8221; to meet with for debriefing, reflecting, and brainstorming options for bridge-building work right here in our own community. Like many of you we have individually tried to find ways to communicate our experience to friends, family, and members [...]]]></description>
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