{"id":4799,"date":"2010-08-20T10:08:51","date_gmt":"2010-08-20T10:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/deaconsbench\/2010\/08\/hebrew-catholics.html"},"modified":"2010-08-20T10:08:51","modified_gmt":"2010-08-20T10:08:51","slug":"hebrew-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/deaconsbench\/2010\/08\/hebrew-catholics.html","title":{"rendered":"Hebrew Catholics?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Strange but true. Details: <\/a><\/p>\n

\nThree years ago, just before Easter, then-Archbishop Raymond Burke attended a Passover seder with about 25 people to commemorate God’s liberation of the Hebrew slaves from Egypt.<\/p>\n

Guests wore yarmulkes–Burke brought his own fuchsia zucchetto worn by bishops–as a symbol of God’s presence, and enjoyed traditional seder fare: matzo, horseradish, apples and wine.<\/p>\n

But this was not a traditional Passover seder.<\/p>\n

“It was a seder celebrated in the light of Christ,” said David Moss, the seder’s host and president of the St. Louis-based Association of Hebrew Catholics.<\/p>\n

Despite the risk of creating a rift with the local Jewish community, the Archdiocese of St. Louis has given the group its encouragement and support since 2006, when Burke (now a Vatican judge) welcomed it into the archdiocese.<\/p>\n

When Moss’ organization announced its first national conference scheduled for October in St. Louis, the agenda included Burke and archdiocesan leaders. And that’s worries local Jewish groups.<\/p>\n

After centuries of often contentious relations, in the last 50 years Catholic and Jewish leaders have generally come to an understanding on the idea of Catholics proselytizing Jews: Don’t do it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continue at the link for the rest. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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