2004 Programs and Conferences
| 2004 CCJU Scholar-in-Residence, Dr. Wolfgang Krauss |
| October 20-25, 2003, Dr. Wolfgang Kraus gave a series of lectures and discussions on the topic: “The People of God: New Testament Ecclesiology Within its Jewish Context.” |
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| 2004 CCJU Lecture Dr. Barbara Gitenstein Lectures on the Life and Works of I.B. Singer |
| Dr. Barbara Gitenstein Lectures on the Life and Works of I.B. Singer |
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| Annual CCJU Lecture: Vatican Ambassador to UN, Archbishop Migliore, Speaks at CCJU |
| March 31, 2004, Archbishop Migliore speaks about the progress and setbacks over the past ten years concerning the Fundamental Agreement between the Holy See and the State of Israel. |
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| 2004 Nostra Aetate Awards |
| The Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding (CCJU) of Sacred Heart University honored the Knights of Columbus, Claims Conference, and ABC's Good Morning America, Joel Siegel, on December 1, 2004, at the Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. |
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| 2004 Annual Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical Students |
| For the fifth year, in June 2004, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding (CCJU) hosted its annual Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical Students. Thirty-two future religious leaders from seminaries across the United States convened at Sacred Heart University for the three-day event of joint study and the sharing of religious traditions. |
2003 Programs and Conferences
| "What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Our Ethical Traditions?" Conference |
| The Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding sponsored a symposium March 31-April 2, 2003, at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut, on the topic, “What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Our Ethical Traditions?” This was the final of five conferences with Jews, Christians and Muslims focusing on the topic, “What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Us?” |
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| "Pathways to Peace in the Abrahamic Faiths" Conference |
| As part of the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding's ongoing work to promote peace through dialogue and understanding, the Center sponsored a timely symposium April 28-30, 2003, for Jewish, Christian and Islamic scholars and leaders, “Pathways to Peace in the Abrahamic Faiths.” |
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| 2003 Nostra Aetate Awards |
| CCJU Honors Dr. Georgette Bennett of the Tanenbaum Center for Interreligious Understanding and Henry and Erna Leir. |
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| 2003 Annual CCJU Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical |
| The annual Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical Students commences its fourth year at Sacred Heart University, June 2-4, 2003. |
2002 Programs and Conferences
| "What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Our Historical Traditions?" Conference |
| On March 18-20, 2002, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, in cooperation with the University of Bamberg, Germany, sponsored a conference where Jews, Catholics and Lutherans participated in a dialogue at the University of Bamberg entitled "What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Our Historical Traditions?" This is the fourth conference to be conducted under a similar theme. |
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| 2002 Nostra Aetate Awards |
| CCJU Celebrates 10 Years and honors Ambassador R. James (Jim) Nicholson, United States Ambassador to the Holy See, with the Nostra Aetate Award held at the Park Avenue Synagogue, New York City, November 21, 2002. |
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| "What Do We Want the Other To Teach About our Prayer and Liturgy?" Conference |
| On March 13-15, 2002, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding sponsored a highly successful conference of Jewish, Christian and Muslim leaders and scholars at the Dionesian Center at Villa Piccolomini, Rome, entitled, "What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Our Prayer and Liturgy?" It was the third of five conferences to be conducted under a similar theme. |
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| 2002 Annual Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical Students |
| The Center sponsors its third annual Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical Students, June 3-5, 2002, at Sacred Heart University. |
2001 Programs and Conferences
| Conference on Covenant Held At Sacred Heart University |
| December 3-4, 2001, Rabbi Normon Solomon and Cardinal Walter Kasper offer papers on Covenant. Respondents included Dr. Mary Boys, Dr. Philip Cunningham, Mrs. Blu Greenberg, and Rabbi David Fox Sandmel. |
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| Academic Convocation Honoring Cardinal Walter Kasper at Sacred Heart University |
| At a Special Academic Convocation on December 3, 2001, at Sacred Heart University, Cardinal Walter Kasper received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree for his efforts at promoting unity among different religions. The story and the text of his lecture, “The Role of the Church and a Catholic University in the Contemporary World,” is included here. |
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| 2001 Nostra Aetate Awards |
| The Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding hosted its sixth annual Nostra Aetate Awards Ceremony at the Sutton Place Synagogue on Wednesday, November 28, 2001 and honored Reverend Remi E. Hoeckman, O.P, former Secretary of the Pontifical Commission for Religious Relations with the Jews in Vatican City, and Rabbi A. James Rudin, Senior Interreligious Advisor of the American Jewish Committee in New York City with the Nostra Aetate Award. T he Center also presented TV show hosts from “The God Squad,” Rabbi Marc A. Gellman and Monsignor Thomas J. Hartman, both of Uniondale, New York, with a Media Award for their significant contribution to furthering interreligious dialogue. |
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| 2001 Annual Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical Students |
| The Center sponsored its second annual institute on June 4-6, 2001 at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut. Presenters at the Institute included Dr. Anthony J. Cernera, president of Sacred Heart University; Dr. David L. Coppola, director of Conferences and Publications of the CCJU; Rabbi Joseph H. Ehrenkranz, executive director of the CCJU; Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg, president of CHAverlim kol yisrael/Jewish Life Network, New York; Rabbi James Rudin, president emeritus American Jewish Committee, New York; Dr. Eugene Fisher, associate director of the Secretariat for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs for the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C.; Reverend Nancy Cox, associate pastor of Trinity Episcopal Church, Southport, Connecticut; and Father Daniel Murphy, pastor of Blessed Kateri Parish, Sparta, New Jersey. |
2000 Programs and Conferences
| What Do We Want the Other To Teach About Us- Edmonton Conference |
| On March 19-21, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, iin cooperation with the Edmonton Interfaith Centre for Education and Action, (EICEA) Alberta, Canada, sponsored a conference where Jews, Christians and Muslims participated in a dialogue at Beth Shalom Synagogue entitled "What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Our History?" |
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| What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Us - Jerusalem Conference |
| On February 8-10, 2000, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding, in cooperation with the Elijah School for the Study of Wisdom in World Religions, Jerusalem, sponsored a conference at the Ratisbonne Papal Institute, Jerusalem, entitled, "What Do We Want the Other to Teach About Our Theological Traditions?" More than 20 scholars from the Middle East, Europe, Canada and the United States were invited to participate at the proceedings with the additional attendance of graduate students from the Ratisbonne Papal Institute and Tantur Ecumenical Institute, Jerusalem, who joined as observers for each of the sessions spread over three days. |
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| January 23-May 29, 2000: Sacred Heart Students Explore Religion and Art |
| The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut (aldrichart.org) displayed the exhibit, “Faith: The Impact of Judeo-Christian Religion on Art at the Millennium,” from January 23 to May 29, 2000. |
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| 2000 Annual CCJU Lecture: Rabbi David Novak |
| Rabbi David Novak delivered the annual CCJU lecture on April 13, 2000, on the topic, "Jews, Christian and Human Rights." |
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| 2000 Nostra Aetate Awards and Lecture |
| Most Reverend Theodore E. McCarrick, the Archbishop of Newark and newly appointed Archbishop of Washington, D.C., and Rabbi David H. Lincoln, the spiritual leader of the host Park Avenue Synagogue were honored with the Center's Nostra Aetate Award on December 5, 2000. The featured speaker was Connecticut's Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, whose quest to be the nation's next Vice President-and first Jew to hold that office-was still in question on the night of the ceremony. |
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| 2000 First Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical Students |
| The Center sponsored its first Institute for Seminarians and Rabbinical Students on June 12-14, 2000. The event took place on the University's Fairfield campus and gathered 20 future religious leaders from the Jewish and Christian faiths to study and discuss the advances made in Christian-Jewish dialogue over the last 35 years, and to explore possibilities for future progress. |
1999 Programs and Conferences
| 1999 Annual CCJU Lecture: Dr. Mary Boys |
| The annual CCJU lecture on April 29, 1999, featured Dr. Mary Boys, the Skinner and McAlpin Professor of Practical Theology at Union Theological Seminary, New York City, who invited her audience to consider ways that Christians -- and Roman Catholics in particular -- have institutionalized a kind of anti-Judaism in their beliefs and public practices. |
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| 1999 Nostra Aetate Awards Ceremony and Lecture |
| The Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding honored Edward I. Cardinal Cassidy and Rabbi Irving (Yitz) Greenberg with the prestigious Nostra Aetate Award at the Park Avenue Synagogue, 50 East 87th Street, New York City, on Wednesday, November 17, 1999. |
1998 Programs and Conferences
| Religion and Violence, Religion and Peace Conference |
| On May 18, rabbis and priests, scholars and bishops, Islamic leaders and cardinals, and observers from 12 countries gathered for a three-day conference to discuss the role that religion plays in cultivating peace or promoting violence. |
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| 1998 Nostra Aetate Awards and Lecture |
| On October 20, 1998, the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding honored His Eminence Jean-Marie Cardinal Lustiger and Chief Rabbi Rene-Samuel Sirat with the prestigious Nostra Aetate Award, named after the Second Vatican Council's groundbreaking document on the Catholic Church and its relations with Jews and other non-Christians. Presenting the awards were Dr. Samuel Pisar and His Eminence John Cardinal O'Connor. The event took place at the Sutton Place Synagogue, New York City, and was emceed by Mitchell Krauss, former CBS news correspondent. As part of the CCJU Awards Ceremony, Cardinal Lustiger and Chief Rabbi Sirat each delivered a paper. |
1997 Programs and Conferences
| CCJU co-sponsors Christian-Jewish Symposium |
| CCJU co-sponsors a conference February 5, 1997, at the Second Baptist Church, Memphis, Tennessee. |
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| May 21, 1997 Focolare Founder Chiara Lubich Honored |
| The Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University welcomed the foundress and many members of the Focolare Movement to a ceremony conferring upon Chiara Lubich the degree of Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa. |
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| 1997 Nostra Aetate Awards |
| CCJU honors Cardinal William H. Keeler, archbishop of Baltimore; Bishop Krister Stendahl, bishop emeritus of the Lutheran Church of Stockholm, Sweden, and Rabbi Mordecai Waxman of Temple Israel in Great Neck. |
1996 Programs and Conferences
| Catechism Conferences |
| The Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding co-sponsored a series of conferences on the Catholic Catechism (promulgated by Pope John Paul II in October 1992--the first revision since the Council of Trent more than 400 years ago) in New York, Dallas, San Antonio, Scottsdale, Washington, Phoenix, Los Angeles, and Connecticut. The conferences were designed to learn about the extraordinary Catechism of the Catholic Church and its impact on Catholic-Jewish relations. |
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| 1996 Nostra Aetate Awards |
| Cardinal John O'Connor and Senator Joseph Lieberman of Connecticut were selected as the first recipients of awards by the Center for Christian-Jewish Understanding of Sacred Heart University June 23, 1996. |
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| CCJU Tribute to Mel Allen |
| Held at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, a memorial service for Mel
Allen was sponsored by the CCJU. Allen, who died on June 16, 1996, at age 83, was known as "The Voice of the Yankees" and provided radio and television play-by-play announcing for over 25 years (1939-1964). |