Dialogue builds new bridges between Catholics and Anabaptists

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Last Updated August 30, 2004

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		Dialogue building new bridges between Catholics and Anabaptist church » BRIDGEFOLK: Mennonites who have become Benedictine oblates discuss their committed lives of prayer and work. »» READ » Trappist abbot changed his outlook on peace after he encountered Mennonites of the past and present in his native Ireland. »» READ » Liturgical revival in some Mennonite churches reflected in interfaith dialogues. »» READ » MARTYRS CONFERENCE: Mennonite and Roman Catholic scholars meeting in Minnesota consider how to remember the legacy of Anabaptist martyrs persecuted amid the struggles of the 16th century Reformation. »» READ » PHOTOS: VIEW a gallery of photos of sights around St. John's Abbey. » EDITORIAL: Mennonite-Catholic dialogue can help both parties aspire to the true faith of peace and reconciliation that Christ embodied. »» READ »» Above, a painting of Christ fills a half-dome in the Great Hall at St. John’s Abbey at Collegeville, Minn., scene of the ecumenical Bridgefolk gathering and a conference on Anabaptist martyrdom. — Photo by Robert Rhodes / MWR © Copyright 2004, Mennonite Weekly Review, Inc. All rights reserved. For reprint information, write editor@mennoweekly.org. Subscribe to the MWR Print Edition.
»» BUILDING BRIDGES: St. John's Abbey in Collegeville, Minn., was the site of two ecumenical events bringing Anabaptists and Catholics together during July. A conference on Anabaptist martyrdom was followed by the third gathering of the ecumenical fellowship group Bridgefolk.
	»» Above, a view of stained glass windows in the Great Hall at St. John's Abbey, and the exterior of the abbey church, designed by Marcel Breuer. — Photo by Robert Rhodes / MWR

»» At right, a 12th century statue of the Madonna and child in the St. John's abbey church. — Photo by Robert Rhodes / MWR