Catholic/Mennonite Reconciliation
Information about the Catholic Mennonite 2019 Second Spiritual Pilgrimage to North Italy and Austria has been released. Full information with contact information is available in the PDF brochure.
Category: Announcements
2018 Conference Report
“Toward a Just Peace: Eradicating the Evil of Racism”
The 17th annual Bridgefolk conference was held at Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN, 26-29 July 2018.
The 17th annual Bridgefolk conference was held at Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN, 26-29 July 2018.
Rev. William Skudlarek OSB, Bridgefolk Interim Coordinator, makes the 2018 Conference Report available online as a PDF document.
Fr. William Skudlarek OSB Named Interim Coordinator
Darrin Snyder Belousek <darrin.w.snyderbelousek@gmail.com> announces that henceforth Rev. William Skudlarek OSB <wskudlarek@csbsju.edu> succeeds to his former duties as Bridgefolk’s Executive Director.
Fr. William’s Bridgefolk title is Interim Coordinator. Dom William is a monk of Saint John’s Abbey and serves as the international Secretary General of the official Monastic Interreligious Dialogue.
2018 Bridgefolk Conference
Mennonites and Catholics in Dialogue
“Toward a Just Peace: Eradicating the Evil of Racism”
The 17th annual Bridgefolk conference was held at Saint John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN, 26-29 July 2018.
Keynote speakers:
Anne McCarthy, OSB, Mount Saint Benedict Monastery, “Overturning Temple Tables: Toward Repairing a Racist Legacy”
Felipe Hinojosa, Associate Professor of History, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Teaching specialty in Latina/o – Chicana/o, Religion. Author of Latino Mennonites: Civil Rights, Faith, and Evangelical Culture (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014). Keynote title to come.
2018 Conference Report, 10 August 2018
Pre-Conference News Release
Schedule
Registration is closed.
Travel Links
For more information: <info@bridgefolk.net>.
2017 Post-Conference News Release
2017 Post-Conference News Release (by Marilyn Stahl)
PDF document
Conference Photos (by Julien Hammond)
2017 Schedule
Pilgrimage toward Christian Unity: Beginning with Baptism
The 2017 Schedule for the 2017 Bridgefolk Conference is available online.
School of Theology and Ministry
Seattle University and
Seattle Mennonite Church
Seattle, WA
July 27-30, 2017
2017 Bridgefolk Conference, Seattle.
The 16th annual Bridgefolk conference, Pilgrimage toward Christian Unity: Beginning with Baptism, 27-30 July 2017, will be held at Seattle Mennonite Church and the School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle University, WA.
Mennonite Catholic Theological Colloquium to discuss intercessorary prayer, October 1 at Notre Dame
Mennonite Catholic Theological Colloquium:
Intercessory Prayer
October 1, 2016
University of Notre Dame
Geddes Hall Auditorium
8:30 am to 5 pm
This daylong symposium will feature scholars from the Mennonite and Catholic traditions engaging in discussion of the historical context and contemporary liturgical practices around intercessory prayer. Formal presentations will lay the groundwork for informed engagement among participants, with the goal of advancing ecumenical dialogue through rigorous theological exploration.
Invited Speakers:
- Marlene Kropf, Emerita, Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary
- John Cavadini, University of Notre Dame
- Kim Belcher, University of Notre Dame
- Karl Koop, Canadian Mennonite University
There is no charge for participation. Refreshments will be provided, and participants will take meals on their own.
Questions? Please contact Margie Pfeil at mpfeil1@nd.edu.
This event is sponsored by:
- The Institute for Church Life, University of Notre Dame
- The Mennonite Catholic Theological Colloquium of Bridgefolk
Major new resource documents Mennonite ecumenical dialogue
Ecumenical dialogue is not an end in itself. It serves as an indispensable instrument to overcome the divisive, mutual misinterpretations of the past. Ecumenical encounters pave the way toward healing painful memories and lead to a deeper understanding of the church’s given unity, thus becoming a more credible witness of that truth.
Edited by Fernando Enns and Jonathan Seiling, Mennonites in Dialogue is a collection of all conversation texts involving Mennonites on international and national levels, covering forty years of encounters with Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Reformed, Baptists, and Seventh-Day Adventists, among others. The texts illustrate growth in agreement as well as identify the remaining convictions that still divide. Continue reading “Major new resource documents Mennonite ecumenical dialogue”