Bridgefolk is a movement of sacramentally-minded Mennonites and peace-minded Roman Catholics who come together to celebrate each other's traditions, explore each other's practices, and honor each other's contribution to the mission of Christ's Church.
The 18th annual Bridgefolk conference will be held at Canadian Mennonite University, Winnipeg, MB, Canada, July 25-28, 2019.
The theme is “Toward a Just Peace: Indigenous-Settler Reconciliation Through Friendship.”
US checks to “Bridgefolk” and Canadian checques to “Bridgefolk Canada.”
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.
Paul Joseph Nelson and his wife, Dawn Ruth Nelson (d. 2017), participated actively in Bridgefolk. Paul died, 13 September 2018, at Souderton (PA) Mennonite Home.
Visitation was at Plains Mennonite Church, 50 W. Orvilla Rd, Hatfield, PA, on Sunday, September 23rd. A memorial service followed at 3 p.m. with a meal afterwards with family and friends.
“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.
Rev. William Skudlarek OSB, Bridgefolk Interim Coordinator, makes the 2018 Conference Report available online as a PDF document.
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.
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.
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.
For more information: <info@bridgefolk.net>.
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
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.
