"Forty Years of Ecumenism"

Ella and James Preece are a Catholic couple living in Kingston Upon Hull in Yorkshire in the UK. This is our blog.

Blogged by James Preece on 5th September 2008

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“Forty Years of Ecumenism - from Pope John XXIII to Pope John Paul II” at Driffield

Everyone is warmly welcome to an evening led by Father Tim Bywater exploring the topic of “Forty Years of Ecumenism - from Pope John XXIII to Pope John Paul II”.

This will be held in the Parish Hall of Our Lady and St Edward, Driffield, on Wednesday 10th September, starting at 7pm.

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Forty years... forty years... why does that ring a bell? I wonder if anything else happened forty years ago...

Can't have been anything important or there would be some kind of talk on it or something...

Reader Comments

Joe said...

Similarly: did Ecumenism begin with Pope John XXIII? Fr Bywater may have a good reason for limiting his account to the particular years indicated, but I think there were the beginnings of Catholic engagement in the ecumenical movement before then ....

berenike said...

http://smasher-lagru.blog.com/3453141/

Vidar said...

You, sir, have the most boring blog I have ever seen. Take it off the web.

DAwn said...

Crikey sir Vidar you must lead a fast pace lifestyle, stuntman? or something so incredible that my mind will not bend that far! The word boring is at the bottom of the list i'd use for this blog. But that's why i read it from time to time, What's your excuse?

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