Since 1981 CADEIO and the Bishops’ Committee for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs (USCCB) have co-sponsored training and professional development institutes for ecumenical and interreligious officers and others – diocesan commission members, diocesan education personnel, members of religious communities that have ecumenical/interreligious apostolates – serving the Catholic community in this increasingly important area of ministry.
CADEIO Institutes for Continuing Formation are offered in a repeating, two-year cycle, alternating ecumenical and interreligious formation studies every other year.
2020 Institute for Interreligious Leadership Videos and Resources
2021 Institute for Ecumenical Leadership Videos and Resources
CADEIO Institute for Interreligious Leadership went virtual in 2020 and 2021
The CADEIO Institutes for Ecumenical and Interreligious Leadership have been the keystone of CADEIO’s mission and ministry for over 40 years. Originally intended as a source of continuing formation for arch/diocesan ecumenical and interreligious officers, it has become a valuable resource for any arch/diocesan personnel who need to know the Church’s teaching regarding ecumenical and interreligious dialogue and prayer, as well as parish leaders.
Due to the pandemic the Summer Institutes in 2020 and 2021 convened virtually via Zoom. We were still able to offer what we do as a service to the Church – formation in Church teaching, overviews of various dialogues and conversations with people of many churches and faiths which discuss and share the possibilities of dialogue, and how our shared purposes bring us together in mutual understanding and service. Follow these links to the recorded VIDEOS of our Institutes:
2020 Summer Institute for Interreligious Leadership
2021 Summer Institute for Ecumenical Leadership
Please stay tuned for our plans to gather – hopefully in person – this summer in July, 2022.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the President of CADEIO, Fr. Don Rooney at frdonrooney@stbernpar.org. These videos are a treasure and an amazing opportunity to move CADEIO to the next level, invigorating the Church for the work of dialogue.