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Publication of the Association of Hebrew Catholics No. 103, Spring Publication of the Association of Hebrew Catholics No. 103, Spring 2018 TheThe HebrewHebrew CatholicCatholic “And so all Israel shall be saved” (Romans 11:26) Association of Hebrew Catholics ~ International The Association of Hebrew Catholics aims at ending the alienation of Founder Catholics of Jewish origin and background from their historical heritage. Elias Friedman, O.C.D., 1916-1999 By gathering the People Israel within the Church, the AHC hopes to help Co-founder enable them to serve the Church and all peoples within the mystery of their Andrew Sholl (Australia) irrevocable gifts and calling. (cf. Rom. 11:29) Spiritual Advisor The kerygma of the AHC announces that the divine plan of salvation has Fr. Ed. Fride (United States) entered the phase of the Apostasy of the Gentiles, prophesied by Our Lord and President St. Paul, and of which the Return of the Jews to the Holy Land is a corollary. David Moss (United States) Secretary Kathleen Moss (United States) “Consider the primary aim of the group to be, Director of Theology not the conversion of the Jews, Lawrence Feingold S.T.D. S.T.L. (United States) but the creation of a new Hebrew Catholic community life and spirit, Chairman, Board of Directors an alternative society to the old.” Ken Wilsker (United States) A counsel from Elias Friedman, O.C.D. Advisory Board “The mission of your association responds, in a most fitting way, Card. Raymond Burke, Dr. Robert Fastiggi, to the desire of the Church to respect fully Fr. Peter Stravinskas, Fr. Jerome Treacy SJ, the distinct vocation and heritage of Israelites in the Catholic Church.” Dr. Andre Villeneuve Most Rev. Raymond L. Burke, Archbishop of St. Louis, May 2006 The Association of Hebrew Catholics (United States) is a non-profit corpora- “Please be assured of my prayers for your efforts devoted to studying and calling tion registered in the state of New York, Michigan & Missouri. All contr- attention to the Jewish roots of our Catholic faith and for your work to help butions are tax deductible in accordance with §501(c)(3) of the IRS code. Catholics of Jewish origin to find their place and role in the Church.” Archbishop Robert Carlson, Archbishop of St. Louis, Sept. 2010 Please send correspondence and contributions to: Association of Hebrew Catholics 4120 W Pine Blvd The Association of Hebrew Catholics is under the patronage of St Louis MO 63108, U.S. Our Lady of the Miracle Phone: 314-535-4242 (who in the Church of St. Andrea della Fratte in Rome, E-mail: [email protected] on 20 January 1842, converted Alphonse Ratisbonne) Web: http://hebrewcatholic.net and Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein) Write to address above or go to our web site for info about groups in other countries. Miriam, Our Lady of the Miracle, pray for us! Saint Edith Stein, pray for us! Email discussion group: For info, send completely blank email to: [email protected] What They Have Said The Hebrew Catholic (ISSN 1547-4666) is a quar- “For Israel, Pentecost - celebration of the harvest - had become the cel- terly. Contributions to cover our production and ebration marking the conclusion of the Covenant on Mt. Sinai. In wind postage costs for four issues mailed from the U.S, and fire, God made his presence known to the people and then gave them are shown below. the gift of his Law, the Ten Commandments ... Contributions above our costs provide the funds needed for our work. “In this way, Israel fully became a people, through the Covenant with God on Mt. Sinai. Israel’s encounter with God on Sinai could be considered to (All remittances must be in U.S. funds) be the foundation and the guarantee of its existence as a people. The wind US: $15; Canada $20; Other Countries: $25 and fire, which enveloped the community of Christ’s disciples gathered American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa, Paypal in the Upper Room, becomes a further development of the event of Mt. Sinai and gives it new fullness.” © Association of Hebrew Catholics, 2018 Pope Benedict XVI, from Homily, Pentecost, 15 May 2005 Anything in The Hebrew Catholic may be reprinted, except: vuvh oaç tçv LËrç 1. articles for which we have obtained permission, (Baruch haba b’Shem Adonai) as indicated in the article’s credits, Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord 2. articles which will not be printed in their com- plete and unedited form. For these, we must approve the edited version. News and Notes ......................................................................................... 3 Letters / Emails ........................................................................................... 5 Credits for the article must include the name and President’s Memo .........................................................................................6 issue number of our publication - The Hebrew Stories from the Diaspora Catholic - and the U.S. address of the AHC. I Will Sing To the Lord a New Song, Bonnie Rapkin ............................ 7 Send a copy of the publication with the reprinted Mother Miriam, Bat Yerushalayim .............................................................11 article to the AHC at its U.S. address. Hebrew Catholic Responsa ........................................................................ 12 The views expressed in the published articles are Israel, Jewish Christians, Messianic Christians, and the Catholic Church those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect Gavin D’Costa ..................................................................................... 14 the views of the AHC. The Feast of Pentecost (Shavuot), Dr. Lawrence Feingold ........................16 AHC Resource Center .............................................................................. 18 2 The Hebrew Catholic, No. 103, Spring 2018 ous efforts were extremely old, and we were increasingly News and Notes running into problems for which there was no support or further fixes. Over the last few months, we purchased two new “used” computers and have been upgrading our About this issue software to their up-to-date versions. Additionally, we have reworked our recordkeeping system to make it easier to In this issue, we include the story of a Jewish woman’s use for us and for those who will eventually replace us. journey to the Faith as well as the paper of a theologian from the Dulles Colloquium in New York regarding the In reworking our recordkeeping system, we noted quite perseverance of Jewish identity within the Church. We a number of you whom we have not heard from for many The Hebrew Catholic also include some responses to our recent publication, The years but who still receive . If you Bride, by Channah Bardan. Finally, in honor of the Jewish have been out of touch for a long time, please consider a feast of Shavuot and the Catholic feast of Pentecost, we donation to help cover our costs and to support the work include an excerpt regarding Shavuot/Pentecost from one of the AHC. of Dr. Larry Feingold’s lectures. St. Edith Stein Havurah Our cover In the previous issue, we described an experiment in We prepared this issue as we approached the celebration which we had started studying the Torah in accord with of Shavuot / Pentecost. Just as the first night of Passover the Jewish liturgical year, meeting on a weekly basis. and Good Friday came together on the same day this year, Our experiment has concluded. We found that (1) weekly so did the Jewish celebration of Shavuot and the Christian meetings placed too great a demand on the participants, celebration of Pentecost come together on May 20. Both and (2) the amount of material that we could cover and holidays mark the transition of God’s people of both old discuss in an hour-and-a-half was too little. and new covenants into new phases of salvation history. We have returned to meeting on the 2nd and 4th Fridays For the People Israel, the twelve tribes were bound of each month and have begun the study of the book Ful- together into one People under the Law of Moses given filled. The author, Sonja Corbitt, takes us from a study of at Mt. Sinai. The remnant of this People who followed the Tabernacle, where God’s plan of salvation is laid out, Jesus, together with the peoples of the nations, were bound to its fulfillment in the Catholic Church. Fulfilled is one of together as one under the new law of the Gospel during the books featured in this issue’s AHC Resource Center. the celebration of Shavuot in Jerusalem approximately Dr. Lawrence Feingold’s book published 1,500 years later. Dr. Feingold’s book, The Eucharist: Mystery of Pres- We wish you all the joy and blessings of Shavuot / ence, Sacrifice, and Communion has just been published by Pentecost. Emmaus Academic. Although it is intended for university AHC Passover Seder 2018 and seminary course levels, the language is very clear and The Eucharist On April 24, the evening accessible. is featured in this issue’s AHC before Palm Sunday, we held Resource Center. our annual Passover Seder cel- Mark Neugebauer or- ebrated in the light of Christ. dained as a Deacon As always, it was a joyous time. Mark and Sue Neuge- As in previous years, the eve- bauer lead the Fellowship ning just before Palm Sunday of St. Joseph, the AHC Ha- provides a wonderful dual cel- vurah in Toronto, Canada. ebration: (1) participation in the Now, after approximately events of our liberation from five years of study and slavery in Egypt, and (2) the formation, Mark was or- anticipation of the fulfillment dained a Deacon at St. Michael’s Cathedral Basilica, To- of that liberation, the greater ronto, on Saturday, 26 May 2018, at 10 a.m. liberation from sin, the following week in the Triduum. His first Mass as Deacon took place on Sunday, 27 In the column, Hebrew Catholic Responsa, we include May 2018, at 12:15 p.m., at Blessed Trinity Parish, 3220 our response to a person who asks about “faith and mor- Bayview Ave, Toronto.
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