Bridgefolk co-sponsors ecumenical peace conference

Peace Among the Peoples is a gathering of ecumenically minded Christian peacemakers. This conference will be an opportunity to reflect on the future of ecumenical peacemaking in North America, and beyond. Bridgefolk is a co-sponsor of this conference.

In May 2011, the World Council of Churches will hold the International Ecumenical Peace Convocation in Kingston, Jamaica, culminating the 2001-2010 Decade to Overcome Violence program. The immediate objective of Peace Among the Peoples is to critically appropriate the agenda of the 2011 Convocation.

The meeting will include panel presentations from leading thinkers and activists, such as Stanley Hauerwas, Rita Nakashima Brock and Brian McLaren.

For more information, click here.

Conference registration now open

Registration is now open for the 2010 conference. The conference will be held July 22-25 at St. John’s Abbey in Collegeville, MN. Visit the conference page for more information or click here to access the registration form directly. Online registration will be available soon.

Bridgefolk 2010 Conference schedule updated

To see the updated schedule for this summer’s conference, please click here. For registration information, please click here.

Bridgefolk Conference 2010 information

Information related to the Bridgefolk 2010 Conference at St. John’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.

Mennonite pastor is featured speaker at Franciscan-sponsored conference

The Rev. Dr. Fernando Enns, a German Mennonite pastor, will be a featured guest at the Paul Wattson Seminar and Reception. This annual seminar is hosted by the Franciscan Friars of the Atonement and the University of San Francisco. The topic of the address will be: A Decade to Overcome Violence 2000 – 2010: An Ecumenical Journey Towards a Common Understanding of Just Peace.

To download a flier on the event, click here.

Bridgefolk revamps leadership, announces 2010 conference

COLLEGEVILLE, MINNESOTA (Bridgefolk.net) – Bridgefolk had much to celebrate as it held its 10th anniversary conference in Laurelville, Pennsylvania last August, but is also entering a crucial time of transition. That was the sentiment Bridgefolk Board members shared as they met in mid-October at St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota to plan their next conference and discern how to guide their grassroots ecumenical movement of Mennonites and Roman Catholics through its next steps. Continue reading “Bridgefolk revamps leadership, announces 2010 conference” →

Bridgefolk 2009 conference registration now open

2009 summer conference registration is now available on the Bridgefolk website at http://www.bridgefolk.net/conferences/2009bridgefolk/. You are welcome to register online or to print out the registration form and send it by mail. If you have special concerns regarding your arrangements for the event, please contact Kent Yoder at info@bridgefolk.net. A schedule for the event is soon to follow.

New Bridgefolk website up and running!

The new Bridgefolk website is now up and running! You can visit the site at http://www.bridgefolk.net/. We plan to add a few elements in the coming months, but this is essentially the finished product. Thank you to Gabe Schlabach for his commitment to this project, and to all of you for your verbal and financial support. This is the first step in an effort to improve the Bridgefolk communications program. Keep watch for more to come.