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Feb 18, 2013

Cardinal George, Rabbi Soloveichik to participate in DePaul talk on Jews and Catholics

WHAT
Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, and Rabbi Meir Y. Soloveichik will address the topic “Jews, Catholics and the American Idea” as part of the 18th annual Joseph Cardinal Bernardin Jerusalem Lecture. 

WHO
Cardinal Francis George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago

Rabbi Dr. Meir Y. Soloveichik, director of the Zahava and Moshael Straus Center for Torah and Western Thought at Yeshiva and associate rabbi at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun in Manhattan

The Rev. Dennis H. Holtschneider, C.M., president, DePaul University

WHEN
February 20 at 7 p.m.

WHERE
DePaul University
Lincoln Park Student Center, Room 314AB
2250 N. Sheffield Ave., Chicago

WHY
Initiated in 1995, these annual lectures commemorate Joseph Cardinal Bernardin’s trip to Israel and his commitment to better relations between Catholics and Jews and foster greater dialog between the Jewish and Catholic communities of Chicago.


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Cardinal Francis George