On Oct. 29, Reformation Sunday, members of ten Protestant churches in Albert Lea, Minn., will proceed in a motorcade to the Roman Catholic Benedictine Abbey of St. John's at Collegeville. There, leaders of the churches will hand over the proceeds of a special collection as a contribution toward completing a new Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research at St. John's. The Protestant donors and Catholics will then celebrate a joint worship service in the abbey church.
Once an occasion for Protestants to recall the glories of their heritage and the un-Christian follies of...
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