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Do Not Think That I Have Come to Abolish the Law and the Prophets; I Have Come Not to Abolish but to Fulfil Them.( Mt Publication of the Association of Hebrew Catholics No. 92, Spring 2014 TheThe HebrewHebrew CatholicCatholic “And so all Israel shall be saved” (Romans 11:26) Sermon on the Mount, Gustave Doré (http://catholic-resources.org/Art/Dore-Matthew.htm) Do not think that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets; I have come not to abolish but to fulfil them.( Mt. 5:17) 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 “Consider the primary aim of the group to be, Kathleen Moss (United States) not the conversion of the Jews, Director of Theology but the creation of a new Hebrew Catholic community life and spirit, Lawrence Feingold S.T.D. S.T.L. (United States) an alternative society to the old.” Advisory Board A counsel from Elias Friedman, O.C.D. In formation “The mission of your association responds, in a most fitting way, The Association of Hebrew Catholics (United States) is a non-profit corpora- to the desire of the Church to respect fully tion registered in the state of New York, Michigan & Missouri. 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LaRocque ............................................................10 What is Replacement Theology? by Ariel ben Ami ....................................11 Is the Hebrew Bible Incomplete? by Andrew Sholl ....................................15 AHC Resource Center ................................................................................16 2 The Hebrew Catholic, No. 92, Spring 2014 Patricia A. Christy, R.I.P. News and Notes Patty Christy, with 34 years of nursing experi- ence, was a member of the Our Latest Issue St. Edith Stein Havurah of Here it is – our experimental quarterly issue of 16 pages. St. Louis since its begin- Our publication will continue to evolve based upon your ning. Patty passed away feedback and our collective experience. We say quarterly on January 23, 2014. Her because it is our present hope to publish every 3 months, mother, Donna Christy, even though this issue is 4 months after our last. This delay who also attended our is explained in the President’s Memo. havurah when possible, passed away shortly before In issue #90, we included an article entitled All in the Patty. Family: Christians, Jews and God by Michael Forrest and David Palm. In this issue, we begin a series of articles May Your perpetual light shine on Patty and Donna in covering the same themes introduced by Forrest and Palm. eternity, O Lord. † The first article, entitled Replacement Theology by Ariel Sister Charlotte Rigali, R.I.P. ben Ami, deals with the error known as extreme superses- sionism or replacement theology. This error, present within A Sister of St. Joseph of the Church for many centuries, is now being dealt with by Carondelet for 72 years, the Church. The second article will appear in the next issue Sr. Rigali died at age 91 of The Hebrew Catholic (#93) and will deal with another on March 24, 2014. Sister error that has become popular since the Second Vatican was a canon lawyer and Council known as dual-covenant theology, spent many years working in the St. Louis marriage With appreciation: Rev. Dr. Leonard Basinow, LRC tribunal and was an usher Fr. Leonard Basinow, a He- at the Cathedral Basilica. brew Catholic, is an ordained We spent very enjoyable priest of the Antiochian Syri- times with her from the ac-Maronite Catholic Church beginning of our twice- and is a member of the AHC. monthly St. Edith Stein On Feb. 9, 2014, at Mary, Havurah. Mother of the Light Maronite May Your perpetual light shine on Sr. Charlotte in eter- Church in Tequesta, Florida, nity, O Lord. † Fr. Basinow was honored for sixty years of serving God. Joanne Bellmer, Woman in Service to the Church “Bishop Gregory Mansour, On Sunday, March 23, 2014 at the Cathedral of the Bishop of the Eparchy of Immaculate Conception Saint Maron, also recognized in Albany, NY, Joanne Fr. Basinow with a congratu- Bellmer was among those ‘Father Leonard latory letter. chosen by Bishop Hub- is one of those unsung heroes bard to be honored on that who has poured his life into the life of the Church ... He day of Honoring Women has done this without much fanfare but with lots of love.’ ” in Service to the Catho- [From The Maronite Voice, Apr. 2014] lic Church. Joanne and Fr. Basinow also runs a counseling ministry called her husband, Arnold, are Spiritual Rehab. “It is dedicated to promoting the wellness co-leaders of the “mis- of each person by focusing on the interdependence of the sionary havurah” in Burnt mind, the body and the spirit.” [From website at spiritualrehab. Hills, NY. Congratula- org]. tions, Joanie! Father contributed the holy card showing the Icon Jesus the Messiah, which we distributed with issue #90. Holocaust Remembrance Pin “In 1941, Holocaust Survivor Hanka Kornfield-Marder With gratitude, we pray for many more years of Fr. was 13 years old at the time she was taken on a transport Basinow’s priestly service! train to Auschwitz. She was saved because Auschwitz was The Hebrew Catholic, No. 92, Spring 2014 3 too crowded and could not Cardinal John O’Connor, Hebrew Catholic accept any more prisoners. Ed. Taken from Religion News Over the next four years, Service, by David Gibson, Hanka Kornfield-Marder April 30, 2014 was an inmate in four Ger- “It’s hard to think of a man concentration camps Catholic churchman who ... before being liberated was more outspoken in on May 8, 1945.” defense of Jews and Juda- The pins, designed by ism than Cardinal John Hanka Kornfield-Marder O’Connor, the charismatic Cardinal O’Connor at St.
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