- Does Peacebuilding Need Peace Theology?
19 October 2019, University of Notre Dame
This one-day colloquium traced the sources and significance of Mennonite-Catholic collaboration in peacebuilding, as well as its future prospects, asking: As both Mennonite and Catholics in the field become more skillful practitioners and more sophisticated social-science researchers, what do they owe to the peace theologies that led to their historic collaboration? And what should be the contribution of theology in the future? - Intercessory Prayer
1 October 2016, University of Notre Dame
Scholars from the Mennonite and Catholic traditions engaged in discussion of the historical context and contemporary liturgical practices around intercessory prayer. Informed engagement among participants will follow formal presentations, with the goal of advancing ecumenical dialogue through rigorous theological exploration. Papers from this colloquium are included in the volume Intercessory Prayer and the Communion of Saints: Mennonite and Catholic Perspectives, published by Pandora Books in its Bridgefolk Series. - Examining “Called Together to be Peacemakers”
2007, University of Notre Dame
From 1998-2003 Mennonite World Conference (MWC) and the Vatican conducted a first-ever international dialogue and the following year released their final report, Called Together to be Peacemakers. Bringing together top Mennonite and Catholic theologians and ecclesial leaders, this conference was designed to stimulate scholarly interest in this important document, while also providing resources for Catholic and Mennonite ecclesial communities to study and discuss this text in an informed way. Papers from this colloquium are available in Sharing Peace: Mennonites and Catholics in Conversation, published by Liturgical Press. - Sacramentality
2006, online colloquium
lead article by Thomas Finger
responses by Dennis Martin and Margaret R. Pfeil - How Are We “Called Together?”
2005, Eastern Mennonite Seminary
A keynote address by John A. Lapp examines ecumenical dialogue as a ministry of reconciliation. Two panels, one Catholic and another Mennonite, suggest what some of the next points of conversation between Mennonites and Catholic scholars in light of the document Called Together to be Peacemakers. - On Baptism: Mennonite-Catholic Theological Colloquium, 2001-2002
lead article by Frederick Bauerschmidt
responses by Thomas Finger and others.
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lead article by Gerald W. Schlabach
responses by Joseph Capizzi and others.
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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.
