By Elias Friedman, O.C.D. Preface by Msgr. Eugene Kevane Introduction by Ronda Chervin, Ph.D. Jewish Identity is a prophetic reading of the signs of the times, the fruit of a lifetime of prayer and study by Father Elias Friedman, O.C.D. The author, a Jewish convert, analyzes with scholarship and spiritual insight the great drama entailing the apostasy of the Gentiles and the return of the Jews to Palestine. Political and Spiritual Zionism, the role of Israel in salvation history, and the self-understanding of the Jews are all treated in this book. The new international organization founded by Father Elias, the Association of Hebrew Catholics, is an early manifestation of the spiritual insights contained in this work. In a paral-lel development, the Church, beginning with Vatican Council II, has been updating its teaching regarding Jews and Judaism. The relevant material, included in the book's ap-pendix, bears witness to the thought of Father Elias.

Jewish Identity

Religion & Spirituality

Friedman, O C D Elias

Christian Books & Bibles

Miriam Press

Autobiography of Ronda Chervin, Ph.D. Widow, mother, grandmother, Jewish convert, international speaker, Professor of Philosophy, co-founder along with Msgr. Eugene Kevane, David Moss and others of the Association of Hebrew Catholics in the U.S

En Route to Eternity: The Story of My Life

Ronda Chervin

This work, the first of a series, presents a theology of Israel and her beautiful mission in salvation history from the perspective of the Catholic faith. Topics include: the election of Israel, messianic prophecy, Biblical typology, the major feasts of Israel and their relation to the paschal mystery, the Mosaic Law and the New Law of Christ, the prayer of Israel and of the Church, the ongoing mission of the Jewish people to witness to the Messiah, and Mary-daughter of Zion and Mother of the Church. It is hoped that this book may deepen the awareness of Catholics and others of the luminous teaching of the Second Vatican Council in Nostra aetate 4: "As the sacred synod searches into the mystery of the Church, it remembers the bond that spiritually ties the people of the New Covenant to Abraham's stock."

The Mystery of Israel and the Church, Vol. 1: Figure and Fulfillment

Feingold, Lawrence

This work, the second in a series, presents a theology of Israel and her mission in salvation history from the perspective of the Catholic faith. It seeks to bring out the beautiful role of Israel in the history of salvation and the deep ties between Israel and the Church. Key elements of theology-faith, hope, charity, the problem of suffering, priesthood and sacrifice, marriage and the family, the gifts of the Holy Spirit-are treated from the perspectives of the Old and the New Covenants. It is hoped that this book may deepen the awareness of Catholics and others of the luminous teaching of the Second Vatican Council in Nostra aetate 4: "As the sacred synod searches into the mystery of the Church, it remembers the bond that spiritually ties the people of the New Covenant to Abraham's stock."

The Mystery of Israel and the Church, Vol. 2: Things New and Old

This work, the third in a series, seeks to elucidate the complex and beautiful relationship between Biblical Israel and the Church in God's plan. The Church is viewed as the fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecies of the messianic Kingdom. Themes include: the People of God; the four marks of the Church (one, holy, catholic, and apostolic); the oral Torah and oral Tradition; the universal call to holiness; justification; continuity and discontinuity between Israel and the Church; and Mary, daughter of Zion and Mother of the Church. It is hoped that this book may deepen the awareness of Catholics (and others) of the luminous teaching of the Second Vatican Council in Nostra aetate 4: "The Church cannot forget that . . . she draws sustenance from the root of that well-cultivated olive tree [Israel] onto which have been grafted the wild shoots, the Gentiles."

The Mystery of Israel and the Church, Vol. 3: The Messianic Kingdom of Israel

The first volume in a four-volume work detailing the work of Catholic missionaries in the early Midwest, and the founding and growth of Catholic institutions in Saint Louis and surrounding regions in Missouri and Illinois.

Saint Louis, the Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland: Vol 1: From Canoe To Cathedral

History

Witt, Michael John

Americas

Jesus Christ is our Lord and our Savior, our only hope. St. Peter in Acts 4.12 puts it plainly: 'Of all the names in the world given to men, this is the only one by which we can be saved.' Who else will raise us on the Last Day?"Jesus Christ is 'The Redeemer of Man, ' as the present Successor of St. Peter explains fully in his first Encyclical. 'Revelation tells of a creating and redeeming God, ' Pope John Paul II says in his Apostolic Exhortation on Catechetics, 'whose Son has come among us in our flesh, and enters not only into each individual's personal history, but into human history itself, becoming its Center.'"Therefore, Jesus Christ is the Lord of History. Therefore, this book concerns not just scholars, not just novices and seminarians, not just catechists, not just priests and religious, but every Catholic and indeed every Christian in all the Churches."As special consultant to Elias Friedman, OCD, Msgr. Kevane was responsible for getting the Association of Hebrew Catholics started in the United States. Both men shared the view that a major sign of our times was the historic apostasy of the once-Christian Gentile peoples. Msgr. Kevane gave us The Lord of History as his study of this apostasy. (http: //www.hebrewcatholic.net/the-lord-of-history/)"Kevane's book is a magnificent study of a subject foreign to the education of most priests. Academically, it is perfect in its presentation of a recondite subject, the philosophy or theology of history. Its style is distinguished by a clarity without shadows. In particuar, the way Kevane has isolated 'modernity' for critical analysis is a tribute to his intellectual orginalty." Elias Friedman OCD, (http: //www.hebrewcatholic.net/msgr-eugene-kevane-in-memoriam/)

The Lord of History: Christocentrism and the Philosophy of History

Politics & Social Sciences

Kevane, Eugene

Philosophy

The second volume in a four-volume work detailing the work of Catholic missionaries in the early Midwest, and the founding and growth of Catholic institutions in Saint Louis and surrounding regions in Missouri and Illinois.

Saint Louis: The Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland: Vol 2: The Lion and the Fourth City

"Bardan was teethed on the riches and beauty and orderliness of Orthodox Judaism. When God led her yet deeper into the riches and fullness of Catholicism, she could only channel the joy and motivation of her overflowing life by feasting daily in the deep reality of both traditions. In this work of joy, she has poured out upon her many friends and readers the love of God revealed with vigor in her written record. There is a demand for a book such as this, at this very time in salvation history." [From the Preface]
"The Bride weds everything that points to the Messiah in certain revered traditions of Orthodox Judaism to the incarnate Son of God in the Eucharistic sacrifice of the Mass. What more evangelical witness could Jewish people in the Church manifest than to render glory to God by exulting in and practicing the treasures of both the Old and the New? (Matthew 13:52)" [From the Preface]

The Bride: One Woman's Walk Through Judaism and Catholicism: The Sabbath, Marriage, Mass, and the World to Come

Bardan, Channah

"The Age of Cardinals of Saint Louis ranged from 1903..". to 1969: John Joseph Glennon (made Archbishop in 1903, Cardinal in 1946) to Joseph Elmer Ritter (made Archbishop in 1946, Cardinal in 1961) to John Joseph Carberry (made Archbishop in 1968, Cardinal in 1969). Prostrate before the Pope, new cardinals take an oath of loyalty which the Holy Father prays: "To the praise of Almighty God and the honor of His Holy See, receive the red hat, the distinctive sign of the cardinal's dignity, by which is meant that even until death and the shedding of blood you will show yourself courageous for the exaltation of our holy Faith, for the peace and successful living of Christian people and for the growth of the Holy Roman Church. In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost." "But the three cardinals of Saint Louis do not tell the story of Catholic evangelization in America's heartland. They provide a framework. Catholic evangelization was done in the twentieth century by legions of priests, nuns, brothers, and dedicated laity." "During the age of cardinals, two generations of young Catholics and converts were given the Gospel of Jesus Christ, were given the sacraments of the Church, and were put on the path to personal sanctification by these men and women who served under the leadership of the three cardinal-archbishops." "Their story through two world wars, a great depression, the struggle for civil rights, and the swirl of urbanization and suburbanization is a story of keeping the Faith and passing it on to the next generation." ..".Saint Louis remains a mighty force in advancing Catholic evangelization."

Saint Louis: The Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland: Vol 3: The Age of Cardinals

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