The following news article caught our attention this week. Around the world, churches of all traditions find themselves working simultaneously to put down deeper roots in their own cultural locales while maintaining global ties. Here we learn of Mennonites in Congo drawing on Catholic experiences struggling to become more responsive to the needs of the poor in their midst.
Continue reading “Mennonites in Congo learn from Catholic experiences of self-reliance and service”
Tag: Mennonite news
Fr. Richard Rohr joins Marcellus Day pilgrimage of Mennonites and Catholics
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AMBS)— Richard Rohr, Catholic priest and well-known writer and speaker, joined the annual Marcellus Day pilgrimage of Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary on October 30. Each year, AMBS commemorates the martyr death of Marcellus, a third-century Roman soldier, with a walk through the neighborhoods of Mishawaka and South Bend, Ind., ending at the University of Notre Dame, where the relics of Marcellus lie in the university’s basilica. Continue reading “Fr. Richard Rohr joins Marcellus Day pilgrimage of Mennonites and Catholics”
Mennonite & Catholic theologians featured in Forum on Justice & Forgiveness in Colombia
The South American nation of Colombia continues to attract our attention as the place in Latin America where Mennonites and Catholics are cooperating most regularly in peacemaking projects. An event organized by the Colombian Bible Society recently turned to a Mennonite and a Catholic for two of its three major presentations. A news service associated with the Latin American Council of Churches (CLAI) reports:
Continue reading “Mennonite & Catholic theologians featured in Forum on Justice & Forgiveness in Colombia”
Goshen College performs plays on the lives of the saints
Last summer the theme of the 2008 Bridgefolk conference was “Saints and the Spirituality that Sustains Them.” News of a specially-commissioned series of short plays being performed this coming weekend at a Mennonite college is particularly striking, therefore.
Continue reading “Goshen College performs plays on the lives of the saints”
Join us in prayer, as Vatican hosts worldwide Mennonite representatives
Please join us in prayer as Mennonite delegates from 10 countries around the world travel to Rome for continuing consultations on Mennonite-Catholic dialogue and peace. Continue reading “Join us in prayer, as Vatican hosts worldwide Mennonite representatives”
Colombian Catholics and Mennonites strike new bonds at first dialogue
Bogotá, Colombia (MWC)- “I have been able to get to know a new world that I never knew before,” said Monsignor Fidel Cadavid, the bishop of Quibdo, Colombia. “Without knowing one another, it is impossible to practice ecumenism.”
Bishop Cadavid plans to connect with the Mennonite congregation in Quibdo on his return. “I see a great affinity [between our churches] in peace work. Working together, we will have more strength and be more effective in our advocacy.”
He was speaking of “Called Together to be Peacemakers,” an encounter for Catholic – Mennonite Dialogue which took place here August 15 and 16 at the Episcopal Conference of Colombia. Continue reading “Colombian Catholics and Mennonites strike new bonds at first dialogue”
Building Bridges of Reconciliation in Latin America
A recent publication from the Mennonite Central Committee — the cooperative agency of Mennonite denominations in North America for relief, development and peacebuilding — surveys bridge-building efforts between Roman Catholics and Evangelicals in Latin America. The April-June issue of the Peace Office Newsletter is available online at http://mcc.org/peace/pon/PON_2007-02.pdf. Introducing the newsletter is the following article: Continue reading “Building Bridges of Reconciliation in Latin America”
Bluffton University Professor Lectures on “Why Mennonites Should Read Catholic Literature”
Bridgefolk conversations and events have focused most often on spirituality, liturgy, peacemaking and theology. But in recent decades many Mennonites have also found themselves drawn to the art and literature of the Catholic tradition. In an annual peace lectureship sponsored by Goshen College and Bluffton University, Bluffton professor Lamar Nisly addressed the topic of “Why Mennonites Should Read Catholic Literature.” Continue reading “Bluffton University Professor Lectures on “Why Mennonites Should Read Catholic Literature””
Local dialogues continue to emerge
Bridgefolk Briefs took a break last fall, but Mennonite / Catholic dialogue did not! Continue reading “Local dialogues continue to emerge”