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		<title>Vatican&#8217;s ecumenical council proposes renewed dialogue with Mennonites</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/07/16/vaticans-ecumenical-council-proposes-renewed-dialogue-with-mennonites/</link>
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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>
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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>Mennonite-Catholic dialogue featured in ecumenical conference</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2010/05/05/mennonite-catholic-dialogue-featured-in-ecumenical-conference/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 18:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The recent Mennonite-Catholic dialogue will be among the projects discussed at an upcoming ecumenical conference in St. Paul, MN.  Hosted by Saint Paul Seminary, &#8220;A Century of Ecumenism&#8221; will be held June 17-19.  The conference is organized by Monsignor John Radano, Vatican staff person for the Mennonite-Catholic dialogue.
From the conference website:
The goal of this seminar [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Stoltzfus, long-time CPT director &amp; friend of Bridgefolk, dead at 70</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gene Stoltzfus, founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams, died March 10 at age 70.  Stoltzfus was a friend of Bridgefolk and attended our conference at Saint John&#8217;s Abbey in 2008.    To read more, visit http://www.cpt.org/speakers/gene_stoltzfus.
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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>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>
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		<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>Mennonite World Conference participates in WCC theological dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:52:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strasbourg, France (MWC) &#8211;  How and where does the global church discuss issues such as the nature and mission of the church, sources of authority and moral discernment in the churches? One long-standing forum for important discussions such as these is the Faith and Order Plenary Commission of the World Council of Churches. This body, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite and Christian Reformed Churches in Canada hold symposium on war and peace</title>
		<link>http://www.bridgefolk.net/2009/12/11/mennonite-and-christian-reformed-churches-hold-symposium-on-war-and-peace/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 15:35:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Church Canada leaders have logged another event towards the denomination’s collective “1,000 Acts of Peace” initiative.
On Oct. 17, Bruce Adema, Director of Canadian Ministries for the bi-national CRC and current president of the Canadian Council of Churches (CCC), and Robert J. Suderman, General Secretary of Mennonite Church Canada hosted a Symposium [...]]]></description>
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