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Synodality and Oblates in the USA, Part One, Click Here , Part Two, Click Here, Part Three, Click Here

Lutheran and Catholic Churches in Sweden Increase Praying Together, click here.

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

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.

December 3, 2020 "Ecumenical Vademecum" Statement Animating Christian Unity, click here.

Vatican and World Council of Churches publish dynamite document on COVID, click here



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 from : 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

Fr. George McLean, OMI; FULL BIO

Fr. George McLean, OMI:

Political Order and the Ethics of Peace (August 15 - September 16, 2022)
Nations, States and the Transformation of Boundaries

Pope 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 Click here

More on the Vital Statement Click here For Commentary on Statement Click here

More on the Reformation Challenge, click here

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.

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,"

Click here for entire document.
For earlier developments please: Click here, for Lutheran Humor See Christian Joy Page

"Ecumenism: Our Path Forward," posted Feb. 4, 2019, re-posted Jan. 19,, 2021, click here.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

See Oblate Missiologists Page for Unique Oblate Accomplishment in Evangelization/Missiology

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.

"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.

For practical, ongoing ecumenism see the five ways page

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.

Pope Francis Continues the Process of Turning the Church Upside Down

With the placement of the People of God before the Hierarchy in the Constitution on the Church of Vatican II, a reversal of our ministry as Oblates missionaries began. Russell Shaw's short article in America, "Everyone's Vocation," Sept. 29th 2014 is a must read presentation of this: Click Here

Church Before Vatican II Church After Vatican II

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.

                             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

Please report any issues to vgrady@oblatesusa.org

This website was first constructed by Emily Kukura of Buffalo NY in 1999,
then expanded by Rod Nelson, of St. Paul, MN, from 2009 - April, 2022.

Synodality and Oblates in the USA, Part One, Click Here , Part Two, Click Here, Part Three, Click Here
Lutheran and Catholic Churches in Sweden Increase Praying Together, click here.
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
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.
December 3, 2020 "Ecumenical Vademecum" Statement Animating Christian Unity, click here.
Vatican and World Council of Churches publish dynamite document on COVID, click here

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 from : 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 Fr. George McLean, OMI; FULL BIO Fr. George McLean, OMI: Political Order and the Ethics of Peace (August 15 - September 16, 2022) Nations, States and the Transformation of Boundaries Pope 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 Click here

More on the Vital Statement Click here For Commentary on Statement Click here More on the Reformation Challenge, click here
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.
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," Click here for entire document. For earlier developments please: Click here, for Lutheran Humor See Christian Joy Page
"Ecumenism: Our Path Forward," posted Feb. 4, 2019, re-posted Jan. 19,, 2021, click here.
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.
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.
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.

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