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Mennonite Catholic

saintsOn 29 May 2004, at the Vigil of Pentecost, a long journey came to its climax as I was received into the Roman Catholic Church. Though momentous in one way, it was small in another, as I moved the small distance from “Catholic Mennonite” to “Mennonite Catholic.” The following documents help explain what this means.

Reflections:

  • “Catholic and Mennonite — A Journey of Healing” — conference presentation also available in Sharing Peace: Mennonites and Catholics in Conversation
  • “You Converted to What? One Mennonite’s Journey” —Commonweal magazine, 1 June 2007 (posted with permission)
  • “Going Catholic: Six Journeys to Rome” by Jason Byassee, Christian Century, 22 August 2006 (or click here if you need access to full article)
  • Mennonite-Catholic Relations: Joetta Tells Our Story
  • Prose haiku for Joetta

Upon confirmation:

  • Statement at confirmation mass, St. Peter Claver Catholic Church, St. Paul MN, Pentecost Vigil 2004
  • Article for Faith Mennonite Church, Minneapolis MN, June 2004
  • Personal letter to Bridgefolk, May 2004

Also see:

  • “On Being a Mennonite Catholic” by Ivan Kauffman, Mennonite Quarterly Review, April 2002.
  • Bridgefolk.Net
  • Benedictine page

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  • Bridgefolk
  • Catholic Nonviolence Initiative
  • Department of Theology, University of St. Thomas
  • St. Peter Claver Catholic Church

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  • Academia.Com
  • Catholic Peacebuilding Network
  • Catholic Theological Society of America
  • Society of Christian Ethics
  • The Tolkien Society

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