Update: Synodality and Oblates in the USA, August 16, 2022
Synodality and Oblates in the USA, Part One, Click Here , Part Two, Click Here, Part Three, Click Here | |
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Easterners at International Eucharistic Congress, Eastern Christianity page. | |
For Ecumenism and Laity in the Oct. 2021-Oct. 2023 Synod, click here. | |
Pioneer Catholic Feminist, (available on Amazon books), click here. | |
Superior General Describes Oblate Role in the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, click here. | |
For the Muslim Response to Pope Francis Visit Please Click Here |
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See Pope Francis page for his speech at Ur.
Please Click here See Five Ways page, March 14, for click on regarding Pope Francis going to Irag. |
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December 3, 2020 "Ecumenical Vademecum" Statement Animating Christian Unity, click here. | |
Vatican and
World Council of Churches publish dynamite document on COVID,
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Commentary on Dynamite Document and Season
of Creation,
click here. OMI Interfaith Dialogue with Fundamentalists: Real Dialogue or Window Dressing?, click here. For Madeleine Delbrel, the Dorothy Day of France, see the Family/Laity page.
Oblate Missiologist, Tragic and Talented,
click here.
Thanks to Fr. Seamus Finn, OMI, for this related piece about Native Peoples indigenous art at the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art, click here. Pope and Orthodox Patriarchs Pray Together Click Here Vatican National Catholic Reporter columnist on the Pope's Visit to Geneva, click here Pope Francis to Geneva, June 21, Oblate Connection, Click Here Further Insights on the Pope's Visit, click here Two Oblate Ecumenists on the Road to Glory![]() ![]()
Check out this interesting article
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McLean Center Online Seminars
"Understanding the Signs of Our Times" New Biography on Fr. George McLean has been released! If you wish to purchase a physical copy, give Matthew Martin a call 210-340-1366 ext 205 or email him at mmartin@ost.edu and he can sell you one for $17.50 plus $5.00 shipping and handling for a total of $22.50. We take Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover. An electronic version is available right here.
McLean Center Activities, click Here Political Order and the Ethics of Peace (August 15 - September 16, 2022) Nations, States and the Transformation of BoundariesPope Francis and Charismatics join Evangelization, Christian Unity and Service of the Poor, click here pp. 18-23
Witnessing to
Jesus, and Ecumenism at Royal Wedding of May 19,
2018,
click here. High point of Bibliographia Missionaria, Dec. 6, 2007, click here Grieving for an Oblate Accomplishment Sad News from Fr. Rostkowski click here to learn more![]()
THE FOURTH AGE OF MISSION
IN THE THIRD AGE OF MISSION, THE FRIARS AND
SISTERS WENT TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH AND BECAME
FRIENDS WITH PEOPLE OF EVERY RACE AND
LANGUAGE. THEY DISCOVERED A WORLD FULL OF
NEIGHBORS.
WE ARE NOW IN THE FOURTH AGE OF MISSION AND IT
IS THE LAITY THAT ARE SETTING THE TABLE, COOKING
THE FEAST AND WELCOMING EVERYONE HOME.
THEY NEED YOUR EXPERIENCE, WISDOM AND
ACCOMPANIMENT. Click here the US Catholic
Mission Association website. See also our
Family/Laity page.
Episcopalian/Anglicans
Join Lutherans and Catholics in Reformation
Document,
click here.
Four Articles on Oblates and the 50th Anniversary of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, click below December 19th December 10th November 15th September 13th
Controversial
Article An important
Italian Catholic journal, La Civilta Cattolic,
has an English version, and in the July 21
issue, there was a controversial article linking
Protestant Fundamentalism with
Catholic Integralism in the USA. An
American bishop has responded with an easily
readable article, agreeing with some of the
authors' insights, but disagreeing with others.
Click here. Presbyterians join Lutherans and Roman Catholics Click here Luther, Literacy, and
Martin Luther King |
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More on the Vital Statement Click here For Commentary on Statement Click here More on the Reformation Challenge, click here
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Islam and Oblates,
click here. Basics of Islam,
click here. Most Rev. Bernard
Hebda, Roman Catholic archbishop of St.
Paul/Minneapolis, delivered these remarks at the
joint service led by two Lutheran bishops at
Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, MN on Jan.
22, 2017. His remarks set the spirit, though,
for the entire year to come, when on Jan. 21,
2018, one of the Lutheran bishops will speak at
Hebda's cathedral.
Click here
for his inspiring and joyful presentation. |
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Oblate School of Theology Reformation Achievement: Rev. Paul Ziese, pastor of San Antonio, TX's MacArthur Lutheran Church: "There is probably more openness among Catholics to the need for reformation, and more Protestants recognize the wound of the Reformation,"
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"Ecumenism: Our Path Forward," posted Feb. 4, 2019, re-posted Jan. 19,, 2021, click here. |
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![]() Ecumenism--Our Neglected Mandate, written Jan. 27, 2013, used in Aug. 22, 2018 e-newsletter Rolheiser's Our Major Ecumenical and Interfaith Imperative May 16th Click Here Jan. 22, 2018 column, the root of our divisions, click here. Thanks to Warren Brown, the General Councilor for Canada and the USA, for sending Ron's column "500 Years of Misunderstanding," click here Ecumenism and interfaith outreach are central to our catholicity, posted Dec. 27, 2016. Please Click Here. |
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LauraRose Wins Mulheron Award for Teaching Homeless to Sew, Click Here Additional Lay Consultants
Since the Archdiocese of Omaha, NB has reorganized its ministries,
Lisa Hunke (see below) has welcomed more lay
consultants for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
LauraRose and Maynard are interested in starting
an Oblate Associates group at St. Casimir's
Church, St. Paul, MN, and each has a strong
background in sharing the Catholic Faith. They
may be contacted at
lrparadis@comcast.net and
polkamaynard@comcast.net.
I'm searching for two books by Madeleine Delbrel, often called "The French Dorothy Day." A Life Beyond Boundaries, and The Joy of Believing are either out of print or very expensive. I'm willing to pay the cost of shipping both ways, to borrow them. I'm able to electronically download Delbrel's We the Ordinary People of the Streets and highly recommend it.
Update on Somali Moslem women, Click Here
Excerpt from the
Servant of God (first step to canonization as a
saint) Madeleine Delbrel's book
The Joy of Believing,
click here for more. |
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Hunke update of Feb.
2018 Due to changes in the
structure of the Archdiocese of Omaha, and her
own parish, Lisa Hunke no longer serves the
archdiocese in an official function, and serves
her parish only several hours a week as the
Confirmation Coordinator.
She is still very passionate about
evangelization, so we do look forward to
insights from her. Among the articles she gave us during her past service, I highly recommend "12 Vital Evangelizing Items," especially 1, 2, 5 and 12: click here. For more from her, see the MUD Family/Laity page. ![]() 12 Vital Evangelizing Items - Including Social Justice Item Click here We are privileged to have as a lay consultant Mrs. Bernard (Lisa) Hunke, who met the Oblates when her husband was stationed at Pope Air Force Base, Ft. Bragg, NC and she joined the Catholic Church, bringing her many talents especially from the United Methodist Church, to St. Ann's Parish, Fayetteville, NC, April 10,1992. She now serves in the Office of Evangelization and Catechesis, and also the Office of Family Life, Archdiocese of Omaha, NE, specializing in rural matters. She is also a pastoral minister in her parish of St. Mary, West Point, NE. Click here (this click here goes on new page) for a valuable insight she has sent us. You may contact her directly at lcthunke@msn.com. Bernard & Lisa Hunke "FOR LAY PEOPLE CONCERNED ABOUT EVANGELIZING, AND FOR OBLATES WORKING WITH THEM; SEE THE TWO PYRAMIDS BELOW. ANGLICAN ORDINARIATE, click here For previous statements, please click here "The council (Vatican II) taught that it is the duty of the church and of every Catholic to respect the religious beliefs of others and to work for reconciliation among the Christian churches....Although proclamation is the privileged Christian form of discourse, dialogue is also a legitimate form and in some instances a more appropriate one" (John W. O'Malley, S.J., "A Pastoral Vision," America, July 18-25, 2016, p. 22-23). For the rest of this stunning article on Vatican II and Pope Francis, see the Vatican II page. |
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THE NEXT TWO ITEMS REVOLUTIONIZE MISSION, ECUMENISM AND DIALOGUE. Jon Sobrino, SJ's begins in the Old World and depends on the New; Waclaw Hryniewicz, OMI's begins in the New World and depends on the Old. Please Click here |
For Fr. Greg Gallagher OMI and other Oblates leadership in USCMA go to Archives page |
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January 2016 article on Synod on the Family and Eucharistic Sharing, click here . The article from October 4th-5th have been added to the January article. | |||||||
Oblate Charism Congress, Oblate
School of Theology, San Antonio, TX, and seven other sites,
world-wide, June 28-July 3, 2015, includes Missionary Ecumenism
and Interreligious Dialogue. For first installment,
click here. |
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See Oblate
Missiologists Page for Unique Oblate
Accomplishment in Evangelization/Missiology
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The three realities of Mission (Evangelization/Proclamation), Unity (Ecumenism) and Dialogue are explored very concisely by the late Archbishop Marcello Zago, OMI (1932-2001): see the page "Oblate Missiologists," and click on the article in the bottom of the box. |
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"The Council Fathers knew that being open to modern culture meant religious ecumenism and dialogue with non-believers. But afterwards very little was done in that direction. I have the humility and ambition to want to do something." Pope Francis to Eugenio Scalfari, editor of La Repubblica, Oct. 1, 2013. |
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For practical, ongoing ecumenism see the five ways page |
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The miracle of unity has begun....I've never seen God begin a miracle without finishing it well. For the entire 7 minute video, go to the Pope Francis page. |
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Why is Holy Spirit
reversing the pyramids? So, we can reconcile two almost contradictory
truths The Roman Catholic Church is essential for evangelization, and
the Roman Catholic Church needs constant reform from other Christian
churches and other religious bodies. For a marvelous. short
presentation of this tension, see Gavin D'Costa. "A Prophetic
vision:'Dogmatic Constitution Church' 50 Years Later," America, Nov. 17,
2014, pp. 19-22
Click here
The holding of both truths in tension is necessary for effective evangelization. |
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Bernard & Lisa Hunke |
Rev. Harry E. Winter, O.M.I. Coodinator of Ministry of Mission, Unity and Diolague -- see biography Oblate Charism Congress 2015 Statement on Missionary Ecumenism, click here Episcopalian Former Priests and Mission Hits Home for the Oblates. |
Newsletters Mission-Unity-Dialogue: No.3, Third Series, Oct. 2005 Mission-Unity-Dialogue: No.5, Third Series, Dec. 2008 Mission-Unity-Dialogue: No.6 Third Series, Dec. 2009 Mission-Unity-Dialogue: No. 1, Fourth Series, Aug. 2010
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