Catholic-Jewish Dialogue

The Catholic-Jewish Dialogue is our longest standing Interreligious conversation in Brooklyn.  Its current chairperson is Msgr. Guy Massie. 
The goals of this dialogue areto grow in mutual understanding and respect,  to mitigate anti-Semitism and  to grow in appreciation through ongoing conversation.  This dialogue seeks to study and learn from our differences, as well as our similarities.  This dialogue strives to live out the Vatican Document "Nostra Aetate."

The Diocese of Brooklyn has been in dialogue with the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai Brith and the American Jewish Committee.  The Dialogue in the person of Msgr. Massie has cooperated in educational programs at the Holocaust Museum in Manhattan.  Presently the Diocese of Brooklyn participates in the C-JEEP program (Catholic-Jewish Educational Enrichment Program), sponsored by the American Jewish Committee.  This program is directed to high school students.  A Catholic educator teaches a class in a Jewish high school while a rabbi teaches in a Catholic high school.

Education of the clergy is essential.  To sensitize priests, deacons and catechists to Jewish concerns regarding Catholic education, the Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Commission of the Diocese has addressed problematic Christian scripture texts in a yearly letter sent to all priests and preachers during the Lenten Season.  The major source for this letter is the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' publication titled "God's Mercy Endures Forever." 

For more information on this particular dialogue please contact Msgr. Guy Massie at (718) 680-1010 or via e-mail at ecumenicalcommission@dioceseofbrooklyn.org.