THE CENTER FOR CHRISTIAN-JEWISH UNDERSTANDING

OF SACRED HEART UNIVERSITY

Fall 2007 Lecture and Lunch Series

REPAIRING THE WORLD:

THE ETHICS OF COMPASSION AND CO-RESPONSIBILITY

IN THE ABRAHAMIC TRADITIONS

Fr. Edward (Ned) Murphy, S.J., President, POTS (PART OF THE SOLUTION)

Solidarity and Mutuality: The Catholic Understanding of Repairing the World

Jewish Response: Jason Guberman-Pfeffer, Sacred Heart University Political Science Major

October 24, 2007 – 12:30-2:00 PM

University Commons – Sacred Heart University

5151 Park Avenue, Fairfield, Connecticut

Lecture and lunch is free and open to the public. No reservation required.

Fr. Edward (Ned) Murphy, S.J., holds graduate degrees in philosophy, theology and classical languages. A native of the Bronx, New York, Fr. Murphy entered the Jesuits in 1955 and was ordained a priest in June of 1968 when he began his advocacy for peace and justice. In 1978, he formalized his work with homeless young men in the Bronx and established a residential community where for the next 20 years, young people could find the experience of “family” that their life circumstances had denied them. In 1978, his work turned to the growing reality of homelessness and hunger in New York City with the founding of a soup kitchen, named POTS (Part of the Solution), operating from a small store front on Fordham Road in the Bronx.  At that time, POTS was the 35^th emergency food provider in New York City. Twenty-five years later, there are over 170 providers in the Bronx alone. POTS has developed into a multi-service agency including a community dining room, homeless prevention programs and a transitional residency program for men. Over its history, POTS has served more than 2 million meals in addition to legal, medical, social work, and community organizing and advocacy services. Today, on the same block in the Bronx, POTS responds to the myriad of issues that affect crisis in individual lives as a loving community that nourishes the basic needs and hungers of all who come to their door.

The Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding (CCJU) is an academic and research division of Sacred Heart University. Established in 1992, CCJU is a leading international center for Christian-Jewish dialogue through its work to shape the agenda for theological scholarship and education among religious leaders and scholars in the field of interreligious study and relations. To learn more about the programs and publications by the CCJU, contact Dr. Ann Morrow Heekin at 203-365-4850 or visit our website www.ccju.org

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