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Living Ecumenism: Communion in Mission | One Body
Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC
December 9, 2024
Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC reflects on the origins and context-driven method of the International International Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission. ...read more
At the 2024 Session of Synod, participants experienced the ecumenical witness as a summons to repentance, conversion, and self-offering for the sake of unity found in Christ. ...read more
If ecumenical partners recognize each other, how much more then should those who share full communion accept each other as “sisters and brothers in the Lord”? ...read more
The first part of the 2024 Session of the Synod was framed by a Penitential Vigil on October 1 and an Ecumenical Vigil on October 11. ...read more
Guest contributor Dr. Murray Watson reflects on the lessons of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur for Christians and all people. ...read more
Nicholas Jesson highlights the recent document "The Bishop of Rome: Primacy and Synodality in the Ecumenical Dialogues." ...read more
Sr. Donna Geernaert, SC charts the path to the JDDJ in 1999, and both the developments and challenges that have emerged in the dialogue since then. ...read more
With our recent celebration of the Easter Vigil in mind, it’s a good time to reflect on the ecumenical significance of baptism and offer a brief review of some of the dialogues that have taken place on this topic. ...read more
Praying together with other Christians and even with members of other faiths has become so common over the past half century, it’s easy to forget earlier practice. ...read more
Synods are ecclesial gatherings, intense moments of reflection on the Word of God symbolized by the presence of the Book of the Gospels enthroned in the midst of the assembly. ...read more