Bridgefolk Conference 2018
Mennonites and Catholics in Dialogue
“Toward a Just Peace: Eradicating the Evil of Racism”
St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville, MN
July 26-29, 2018
THURSDAY, JULY 26
1:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Arrival, Registration and room assignment, Saint Mary Hall Basement
5:30 Dinner, SJU Student Refectory
7:00 Opening Session
- Welcome by Abbot John Klassen & Marilyn Stahl
- Worship and music
- Introduction of participants
- Situating the conference: Abbot John Klassen & Marilyn Stahl
- Situating the work on Just Peace – Gerald Schlabach
8:30 Night Prayer
8:45 Social
FRIDAY, JULY 27
7:00 Morning Prayer in Abbey Church (optional)
7:30 Breakfast, SJU Student Refectory
8:45 Opening Worship
9:15 Morning Session I
Viewing & discussion of documentary film: James Baldwin – “I Am Not Your Negro”
12:00 Midday Prayer, Abbey Church (optional)
12:15 Lunch, SJU Student Refectory
1:00 Opportunity to view the new Saint John’s Bible Gallery
2:00 Ann McCarthy, OSB, Mount Saint Benedict Monastery
Catholic Responses to the Evil of Racism: Challenges and Failures
Questions and Responses – followed by discussion
5:00 Eucharist (optional)
5:30 Supper
7:00 Evening Prayer (Abbey Church – optional)
7:45 Hymn Sing (Great Hall)
8:45 Ice Cream Social (Great Hall)
SATURDAY, JULY 28
7:00 Morning Prayer in Abbey Church (optional)
7:30 Breakfast, SJU Student Refectory
8:45 Opening Worship
9:15 Morning Session I
Felipe Hinojosa, Associate Professor of History, Texas A&M University.
“¡Cristo Si, McIntyre No!: What the disruption of Christmas Eve mass at St. Basil’s Church in Los Angeles in 1969 can teach us about race in America”
Questions and Response – discussion
11:45 Centering prayer
12:00 Lunch, SJU Student Refectory
1:30 Panel presentation / discussion
3:00 Afternoon: Storytelling, other response options, free time
Framing the major questions that have arisen
How do we respond to the challenge of eradicating racism?
5:30 Footwashing /Agape Meal
SUNDAY, JULY 29
7:00 – 9:00 Check out, Mary Hall Basement
7:00 Morning Prayer in Abbey Church (optional)
7:30 Breakfast, SJU Student Refectory
8:15 Integrated worship / reflection on conference theme & take-aways
Includes an aspect of closure to the conference
10:30 Mass with the monastic community (optional)
11:00 Departure with bag lunches available
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