Mission Statement:

“Building mutual respect, understanding, and appreciation among Jews, Catholics, and all people of good will by providing opportunities for interfaith education and dialogue.”

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Saint Leo University

American Jewish
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Florida Holocaust Museum

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Sponsoring Partners:

A collaboration of the American Jewish Committee & Saint Leo University

The Center for Catholic Jewish Studies “ building mutual respect, understanding, and appreciation between Jews, Catholics, and all people of good will by providing opportunities for interfaith education and dialogue.”

“As Christians and Jews, following the example of the faith of Abraham, we are called to be a blessing for the world. This is the common task awaiting us. It is therefore necessary for us, Christians and Jews, to be first a blessing to each other.” Pope John Paul II, April 21, 1993

Because of our university roots as well as our outreach to Catholic and Jewish laity and clergy of all ages, including high school and university students, the Center's Mission promotes education and dialogue through:

• Periodic conferences and other gatherings featuring world-class scholars and leaders in interreligious affairs
• The Eternal Light Newsletter, published three times per year.
• Town Hall meetings on topics of interest to the general public
• Parish/Synagogue partnerships
• Public lectures
• Pulpit exchanges
• Courses and lectures at Saint Leo University
• Other gatherings of young Jews and Catholics

The CCJS website

Annual gala fund-raising dinner

The Eternal Light Award recognizes an outstanding leader in Catholic-Jewish relations.

History

Saint Leo University and the American Jewish Committee have undertaken a project for a collaborative partnership between Jews and Catholics. The Center was established at Saint Leo University in 1998 through a formal Memorandum of Agreement between the University and the American Jewish Committee. The Center concentrates its efforts to promote interfaith dialogue on contemporary problems and to address historical conflicts, as well as to educate the communities on the philosophical and theological understandings of the two faiths and their impact on modern society. MORE - CLICK HERE