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Note: Information presented in these articles reflects the guidelines and regulations of Churches within England. Guidelines and regulations may differ, or be applied differently, in other countries. Check with your local church authorities for particulars within your area.
Please order directly from:
Association of Interchurch Families
- Bastille Court
2 Paris Garden
London SE1 8ND
U.K.
Direct telephone (AIF): 020 7654 7251
Switchboard (CTBI): 020 7654 7254
Fax: 020 7654 7222
Website: www.interchurchfamilies.org.uk
Email:
Baptism Pack Price: 2.50 pounds (+50p p&p)
- Baptism leaflet
- Baptism in Church of England Churches
- What about the children of Interchurch Families?
- Celebrating Baptism in Interchurch Families
- The Sacrament of Baptism
- The Question of Baptism
- The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ
- Baptised into Christ
- Rosemary is Baptised
- More Baptism Stories
- Joanna is Baptised
- Directory on Ecumenism: The Sacrament of Baptism
- Rite of Bringing a Baptised Child to the Church
- Christian Initiation for the Child of a Roman Catholic / Baptist Couple
- Common Certificate of Christian Baptism
- Ecumenical Directory 1993: Comments on norms 97 and 98
- Form of reception
- Form of blessing for a baby not yet baptised
Sharing Communion Price: 5 pounds Sterling (+1 pound p&p)
- Sharing Communion: The package
- Sharing Communion: AIF leaflet, and
- Sharing Communion (book), ed. by R. Reardon & M. Finch, Collins, 1983, 140 pp. (both available direct from the Association of Interchurch Families, England)
- Decree - Code - Directory - Ut Unum Sint: documents and notes (1964-1996)
- ARCIC Agreement on the Eucharist 1971, confirmed 1994
First Communion: Our Family Crisis Point- Address by Cardinal Willebrands to the Synod of Bishops, 1980
- First Communion (1981 reprinted 1989)
- Applications of the Code and Directory 1983-1998
- After 25 years (1987)
- Ellen's First Communion (1990)
- The Human Cost of Eucharistic Division (1991)
- Alexandra's First Communion
- First Holy Communion (January 1994)
- Admission to Communion in the light of the 1993 Directory (Summer 1994)
- Two by Two
- Paul's First Communion
- Not Worthy to Receive (January 1995)
- Exceptional Occasions or Exceptional Cases? (March 1995)
- Sharing Communion: a fact sheet (25 March 1995)
- Archdiocese of Brisbane: Guidelines
- Tablet "Viewpoint" (May 1995)
- Ut Unum Sint (May 1995) An Initial Response
- A Simple Statement (September 1995)
- A Source of Joy: (Ruth Reardon) A further response to Ut Unum Sint
- Knocking at the Door
- Validity & Orders (Summer 1995)
- Reciprocity: Discerning the Body (Ray Temmerman)
- Reciprocity "Apostolicae Curae" Ruth Reardon in The Month August (1996)
- Past & Future Ladlas Orsy SJ, Virginia July 1996
- The need to share - soundings for a meeting of interchurch families and bishops, February 1997
- German Bishops' Guidelines, February (1997)
- Mark's First Communion
- Cardinal Hume Talks to Interchurch Families
- Eucharistic Belief John Coventry SJ, Feb 1997
- Presentation to Second European Ecumenical Assembly, Graz 1997 Ruth Reardon
- Guidelines for Southern Africa, January 1998
- Marriage and the Eucharist, January 1998
- Sharing Communion: The New Testament Legacy
- Our Silver Wedding, Liz & Brian Dwyer, July 1998
- Everyone who asks will receive, Anne-Lise Nerfin, Geneva July 1998
- The Roman Catholic position in outline, September 1997
- One Bread One Body: AIF Initial Response 30 Sep 1998
- One Bread One Body: Further Reflections March 1999
- Eucharistic Sharing in Interchurch Families: presentation for AIF annual conference, August 1998
Getting Married Price: £3.50 (+50p p&p)
"Getting Married" leaflet
Baptism; and Confirmation, Communion, Church Membership.
Two-Church Families: a booklet written by interchurch families for interchurch families, in 1973, revised in 1983, reprinted with minor changes in 1992; needs updating by reference to other packs.
Centrepiece: Getting Married John Coventry SJ (1990)
Centrepiece: Mixed Marriages - the Revised Directory (England I Wales) David Donnelly (1990)
Centrepiece: International Year of the Family - a preparatory response (1990)
Centrepiece: What about the children? Ruth and Martin Reardon 1986
Centrepiece: Mixed Marriages & Interchurch Families Ruth and Martin Reardon 1985
A Wedding at Louvain (1964)
A Wedding in Grasse (1967)
A Wedding in Manchester (1987)
"Double" Wedding & Shared Communion (1995)
The Canonical Form of Marriage Theodore Davey CP
Ecumenical Directory 1993: Mixed marriages section
Making a Marriage: Seeking Unity Peter Chambers (1993)
Churches Together in Marriage: Guidelines and Recommendations from the CTE Report, 1994
Marriage Preparation Rosy Baker, March 1996
Marriage Across Frontiers, in Interchurch Families, January 1993
Confirmation, Communion, Church Membership pack. Price: 3 punds (+50 p p&P)
Double Belonging: some reflections Rene Beaupere OP (1981)
Centrepiece: The Question of Confirmation Joe Laishley SJ, (1981)
Centrepiece: First Communion John coventry SJ (1981)
Centrepiece: What about the Children of Interchurch Families? 1985)
Confessing Christ in Two Churches: experiences of young people in France and Italy (1985)
Centrepiece: Dual Membership or Double Belonging? Michael Jackson (1986)
Centrepiece: Double Belonging: towards a biblical basis. Robin Boyd (1986)
Double Belonging: Interchurch Families & christian Unity from a book by George Kilcourse, (1992)
Successive Confirmations? John Coventry SJ (1993)
Patterns of Initiation Martin Reardon (1994)
Christian Initiation in Interchurch Families Swanwick AIF Conference (1995)
A Service of Affirmation for Interchurch Children? Ruth Reardon (1995)
The Electoral Roll of the Church of England 1995
Confirmation of Desire Les Leach (1996)
AIF Young People & confirmation Birmingham Youth Conference (1996)
Interchurch Young People: a presentation for the Archbishop of Canterbury Ellen Bard (1996)
An Interchurch Child looks back Rachel Jones (1996)
Confirmation for those who want it? Andrew Burrell (1997)
AIF Second Response to the Called to Be One process
Interchurch Families and Christian Unity Price 3.50 pounds (+50p p&p)
Centrepiece: Unity and Division: New Testament to the Middle Ages Martin Reardon (1979)
Centrepiece: The Reformation Ruth Reardon (1980)
Double Belonging: some reflections Rene Beaupere OP (1981)
Centrepiece: Mixed Marriages and Interchurch Families Ruth and Martin Reardon (1985)
Centrepiece: Mixed Marriage - Problem or Mystery? ruth Reardon (1986)
AIF Response to the Not Strangers but Pilgrims process (1986)
Centrepiece: Dual Membership or Double Belonging Michael Jackson (1986)
Whom God has Joined by Mary Bard (1987) (a book written in the context of the Not Strangers but Pilgrims process)
AIF Submission to the Working Party on an Ecumenical Instrument for England Swanwick (1988)
Centrepiece: The Human Face of Ecumenism George Kilcourse (1988)
Centrepiece by Martin Reardon: AIF and Christian Unity (1989); One Church Local and Cosmic (1991)
My Other Parish Pam McElroy (1992)
From Problem to Mission Eric Lombard (1992)
Centrepiece: Windows for Ecumenism George Kilcourse (1992)
AIF Response to the Called to be One process (1994)
Second Response (1997)
Interchurch Families & Christian Unity Jean-Robert Boise and Francoise Deblock (1994)
Domestic Church and the Churches: Ruth Reardon (1985)
Catalyst for Church Unity: a report of the Virginia International Conference (July 1996)
Death, Funerals, and Bereavement in Two-Church Families Price: 1.50 pounds (+50p p&p)
- Two Churches - One Funeral: AIF members’ experiences
- Funerals
- The Eucharist at the Funeral
- Burials
- Purgatory
- Prayer
- Form: My Funeral Arrangements
- Making a Will
- Leaflet: Questions Commonly asked about Funerals
- Organisations offering help to the Bereaved
- Bibliography
- Religious Bookshop Chains
Other resources available from AIF
Directory for the Application of the Principles and Norms on Ecumenism published by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity, Rome 25 March 1993
Churches Together in Marriage: Pastoral Care of Interchurch Families published by Churches Together in England and CYTUN
Double Belonging: Interchurch Families and Christian Unity by George Kilcourse, Professor of Theology, Bellarmine College, Louisville, Kentucky
Two Churches, One Love by Alasdair Heron (Church of Scotland)
AIF Video 1992 (25 minutes) Produced by the Association of Interchurch Families, England
American Association of Interchurch Families
TriLateral Baptismal Service
This came about through the TriLateral Covenant between the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles and the Episcopal and Lutheran dioceses of the local area. The three bishops (Cardinal and two bishops) conducted a baptism with this Service about four years ago.
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