Educational Resources

Background Information

• Some Principles for Interreligious Dialogue
• A History of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
• Criteria for Assessing the Presentation of Jews and Judaism in Christian Teaching and Homiletic Materials
• Do's and Don't When Teaching or Preaching About Jesus' Ministry
• Ten New Christian Convictions About Jews and Judaism
• "The Christian Teaching of Contempt for Jews and Judaism: A Primary Source Sampler"

Advent Resources

• The Birth of Jesus: Two Gospel Narratives (an online mini-course)
• Suggested Revised Lyrics for "O Come, O Come, Emmanuel" and Commentary
• Advent Preaching Guidelines from U.S. Bishops' Committee on the Liturgy

Lenten and Holy Week Resources

• Lenten Resources
• The Death of Jesus: Four Gospel Accounts (an online mini-course)
• Suggested Passion Narrative Readings for Liturgical Use during Holy Week
• Criteria for the Evaluation of Dramatizations of the Passion
• Resources on the Mel Gibson movie production, The Passion of Christ

Multimedia

• Walking God's Paths: Christians and Jews in Candid Conversation (a six session multimedia dialogue curriculum)
• The Theological Contributions of Pope John Paul II to Catholic-Jewish Relations (a slide show)
• Open Doors, Open Minds (a seven-part curriculum for Christian-Jewish dialogue prepared by the Union for Reform Judaism)

"The urgency and importance of precise, objective and rigorously accurate teaching on Judaism for our faithful follows … [from the need] to arouse in them, through educational work, an exact knowledge of the wholly unique 'bond' (Nostra Aetate, no. 4) which joins us as a Church to the Jews and to Judaism."

- Vatican, Notes on the Correct Way to Present Jews and Judaism in Preaching and Teaching in the Roman Catholic Church, (1985), 8.