Pilgrimage toward Christian Unity:
Beginning with Baptism
Bridgefolk Conference · July 27-30, 2017
School of Theology and Ministry at Seattle University
THURSDAY, JULY 27
1 – 5 p.m. Arrival, Registration and Room Assignment (Bellarmine Hall)
5:30 p.m. Dinner – Barbecue (Campion Tea Garden)
7 p.m. Opening Session (Ecumenical Chapel – Campion Hall)
- Welcome – Darrin Snyder Belousek, Bridgefolk Executive Director
- Worship & Singing – Randall Spaulding
- Introductions – Marilyn Stahl and Abbot John Klassen OSB
Bridgefolk Co-chairs - Welcome to STM – Michael Trice, Associate Dean for Ecumenical & Interreligious Dialogue, School of Theology and Ministry, Seattle University
- Keynote address: “Ecumenical Renewal of Baptismal Spirituality”
- Maxwell Johnson, University of Notre Dame
Reception (Campion Ballroom)
FRIDAY, JULY 28
7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Cafeteria – second floor, Student Center)
8:45 a.m. Worship (Student Center 160)
9:15 a.m. Forming Spiritual Leaders Ecumenically (Student Center 160)
Facilitator: Elizabeth Soto Albrecht
- The STM Story
- Rev. James Eblen, STM
- Responses: “The Mennonite Partnership with STM”
- Weldon Nisly
- Marlene Kropf
10:15 a.m. Break
Thinking back to the presentations, how can baptism form us more fully into our identity as members of one body in Christ?
Re-imagining how formation might fulfill a larger vision of one body, including student experiences.
10:30 a.m. Small group conversation – table groups
11:15 a.m. Large group questions and conversation
11:45 a.m. Introduction to the Trilateral documents
12 p.m. Midday Prayer — monastic community
12:15 p.m. Lunch (Cafeteria)
1:30 p.m. “Drinking of One Spirit”: Forming All Christians to Live as One Body (Student Center 160)
- Lectio Divina: I Cor. 12:12-13
Facilitator: Pat Shaver - In a Mennonite Catholic Family
- Lenae Nofziger
- In the World – “Baptism and the Immigration Status of Christians”
Introduction: Weldon Nisly- Gerald Schlabach
- Lectio Divina: Fourth Reading
3 p.m. Break
3:15 p.m. Afternoon options:
- Free time
- Opportunities for spiritual direction (sign-up sheets in Student Center 160)
- Lynn Baker, Laura Funk, and Pat Shaver, Spiritual Directors
- Campus tours (3:15-4 p.m.)
- Chapel of St. Ignatius, led by Jerry Cobb SJ
- Sandra Zeiset Richardson sculpture, “Bowl of Tears”
(commemorating Jesuit martyrs in El Salvador)
5:30 p.m. Liturgy of Footwashing and Agape Meal (Ecumenical Chapel – Campion Hall)
- Presider: Samantha Lioi
- Homilist: Bishop Edward Donalson III, STM
7:30 p.m. Remembrance of Alan Kreider (Ecumenical Chapel – Campion Hall)
Facilitator: Darrin Snyder Belousek
- Nozomu Yamada, Nanzan University, Nagoya, Japan
SATURDAY, JULY 29
7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Cafeteria)
8:45 a.m. Worship (Student Center 160)
9:15 a.m. “Drinking of One Spirit”: Mennonite-Lutheran-Roman Catholic Trilateral Conversations (Student Center 160)
Facilitator: Margaret Pfeil, University of Notre Dame
Panel Discussion:
- Anne McGowan, Catholic Theological Union (Catholic)
- Maxwell Johnson, University of Notre Dame (Lutheran)
- John D. Rempel, Toronto School of Theology (Mennonite)
10:30 a.m. Break
What did I learn from the panel about how baptism forms Christians in each of their traditions?
What did I discover about the connection between baptism and Christian unity?
How does that illuminate my own experience of baptism and formation?
10:45 a.m. Small Group Conversation – table groups
11:15 a.m. Large Group Questions and Conversation with Panelists
12 p.m. Centering Prayer — Muriel Bechtel
12:15 p.m. Lunch (Cafeteria)
1:30 p.m. Ecumenical Pilgrimage
- Guides: Stanley & Marlene Kropf, Dirk Gisebur
- Gathering – Student Center 160
First site: Seattle Mennonite Church, 3210 NE 125th St.
Megan Ramer, Lead Pastor
Second site: St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Ave.
Brenda Bellamy, Children’s Faith Formation
Greeting from Fr. Michael Ryan, 5 p.m.
5:30 p.m. Vigil Mass (St. James Cathedral)
6:30 p.m. Dinner (Student Center 160)
7:30 p.m. Hymn Sing (Chapel of St. Ignatius)
- Randall Spaulding, song leader
- Tony Brown, soloist
- Br. Aelred Senna OSB, “Litany of Witnesses”
8:45 p.m. Social — Bridgefolk Cabaret (Student Center 160)
- Br. John Hanson OSB, guitar
SUNDAY, JULY 30
7 – 10 a.m. Check-out
7:30 a.m. Breakfast (Cafeteria)
8:45 a.m. Mennonite-led Communion Service (Ecumenical Chapel – Campion Hall)
- Worship Leaders: Marlene Kropf and Marilyn Stahl
- Sermon: Abbot John Klassen OSB
9:45 a.m. Break (Campion Hall Lobby)
10 a.m. Reflection on our time together
Facilitator: Gilbert Detillieux
What is the significance of our baptismal identity for the future of Bridgefolk?
Sharing by Noabuyasu Kirai, Sapporo, Japan
11 a.m. – Noon Lunch boxes available (Campion Hall Lobby)
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