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Catholic Association of Diocesan Ecumenical and Interreligious Officers
Welcome.
This site is intended to serve those delegated as Ecumenical/Interreligious
Officers in each Catholic Diocese in the United States, to whom is given the
care of Christian Unity and understanding among faiths. Further, it is
intended to familiarize others interested in the field of Ecumenism and
Interreligious Dialogue with the aims and work of CADEIO.
Please look here for important documents! Posted on March 6, 2012 Brochure and Registration Form for CADEIO Program at the National Workshop on Christian Unity and NWCU Calendar, Oklahoma City, April 16-19, 2012 (For General Registration and Hotel Reservations, please visit www.nwcu.org.)
Flyer and Registration Form for our Summer 2012 Institute for Ecumenical Leadership, July 1-7, 2012, at the Collegeville Institute, St. John's University (Collegeville, MN)
Executive Summary booklet for CADEIO 2012, including Job Description for Ecumenical/Interreligious Officers as well as possible budget considerations for Diocesan Commissions led by Officers
CADEIO Regional Meetings in May - Please mark your calendars!
CADEIO Membership/Dues (a current list of those arch/diocesan memberships is available in the Executive Summary, link above)
Watch your mailboxes for our most recent mailing Posted on February 15, 2012 All CADEIO Members, Archbishops and Bishops of the United States this week received our CADEIO Packet for 2012. In it you will find our Executive Summary (including information about the job description of the Ecumenical/Interreligious Officer and possible annual budget considerations), plans for our upcoming Regional Meetings in May, CADEIO Registration for the National Workshop on Christian Unity in Oklahoma City in April (16-19), our Summer Institute for Ecumenical Leadership July 1-7 in Collegeville, MN, and a request for your RSVP if you plan to attend our CADEIO Symposium in Jerusalem in January 2013.
PLEASE NOTE: Achieving online registration for these events hasn't been possible this year, so downloadable registration forms are available for all events/programs. This should all be live within a couple of days. Please remember, for the National Workshop you must register BOTH with the Workshop (www.nwcu.org) as well as with CADEIO, as well as make reservations with the Skirvin Hilton Hotel. I'll be sending out another mailing the end of this week just for the National Workshop, which will also include nomination forms for the annual Fitzgerald Award as well as registration info for our Student/Seminarian Essay competition.
Speakers Announced for 2012 National Workshop on Christian Unity, April 16-19 in Oklahoma City Posted on December 12, 2011 Opening Worship - Monday evening, April 16 -- Most Reverend Paul Coakley, Archbishop of Oklahoma City, homilist
Tuesday Morning Keynote -- Dr. John Borelli: "Vatican II: Preparing the Church for Dialogue" (scroll down for description / biography)
Tuesday Plenary Luncheon-- Dr. John Borelli, with LARCUM Panel: "Implementing the Surprises of Vatican II: Ecumenical and Interreligious Relations" (scroll down for description / biography)
Tuesday Afternoon-- CADEIO Annual Assembly
Wednesday Plenary Luncheon -- Episcopal Bishop Steven Charleston (Oklahoma City): "Challenges to Catholicity" (scroll down for description / biography)
Wednesday Afternoon CADEIO Seminar I -- Archbishop Kevin McDonald (Southwark, UK): "Reflections on the 1993 Ecumenical Directory in the Light of the Ecclesiological Teaching of the Second Vatican Council" (scroll down for description / biography)
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Father John Crossin, OSFS, Named Head of Bishops' Ecumenical, Interreligious Secretariat Posted on November 23, 2011  WASHINGTON--Father John William Crossin, a member of the Oblates of St. Francis De Sales, has been named executive director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
The appointment becomes effective December 5. Father Crossin succeeds Father James Massa, who returned to his home diocese in Brooklyn, New York, in July.
Msgr. Jenkins, USCCB general secretary, thanked the Oblates for agreeing to the appointment.
"Father Crossin has extraordinary background and expertise in the world of ecumenism and interfaith relations," Msgr. Jenkins said. "He also has strong administrative experience honed in service to his religious congregation. I am delighted to welcome him to the USCCB."
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Announcing the 2012 Essay Contest Posted on November 22, 2011 The networks of the National Workshop on Christian Unity are hosting again this year an essay contest for all graduate-level students preparing for ministry in your local seminaries, universities and institutes of formation. Members are encouraged to contact your local institutions for individuals to prepare a paper (homily). Contest winners will be announced at the 2012 National Workshop in Oklahoma City, April 16-19. A pdf version of the flyer may be obtained by following this link: 2012Flyer5image
Looking for some good reading? Rediscover some classics:
PCPCU: Directory for the Application of Principles and Norms on Ecumenism 1993
Blessed John Paul II: Ut unum sint: On Commitment to Ecumenism 1995
Kasper: Present Situation and Future of the Ecumenical Movement 2001
Kasper: Lasting Significance and Urgency of Unitatis redintegratio 2004
Planning for coming years?
Find a recently published document by CADEIO that will help define the role of EIOs,
how to use CADEIO's resources effectively, and define a minimum budget.
CADEIO: The Ecumenical Interreligious Officer and the Diocesan Commission
Save the date for the National Workshop for Christian Unity 2012
in Oklahoma City, April 16-19
to be held in Oklahoma City, OK at the Skirvin Hilton Hotel. We are still in the planning stages, but we will have firm details in the fall.
For now, please save the date and the budget! Watch for links to be added here when registration begins.
To go to the NWCU website click on the graphic below.
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