ABUNDANT Times Summer/Fall 2021

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Exploring Common Mission: Reflecting on a Year-Long Conversation

The task force gathered for lunch. Not pictured: the Rev. Heather Blais. Photo: submitted

In November 2020, the bishops of both diocese convened the Task Force for Exploring Common Mission, and the group met regularly in the following months. Their charge from the bishops was to be in dialogue and prayer for a year about what 8

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collaborations and, potentially, what more formal institutional structures might warrant more exploration. The task force will share their findings with both dioceses for further discernment at their diocesan conventions. ♦


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