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Marymount University
Guest Presenter
Dec. 1, 2016
Nov. 30, 2017

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Council of
Centers on
Jewish-Christian Relations

Commonweal

America

Elsewhere


Background Books

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Christianity in Jewish Terms
By Tikva Frymer-Kensky, David Novak, Peter Ochs, David Fox Sandmel, Michael A. Signer, Westview Press, 2000.

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Common Prayers: Faith, Family, and a Christian's Journey through the Jewish Year.
By Harvey Cox, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002

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Jews and Christians: Exploring the Past, Present, and Future. Vol. 1
By James H. Charlesworth, Crossroads Publishing Company, 1990.

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Educating for Shalom: Religious Textbooks and the Enhancement of the Catholic and Jewish Relationship.
By Phillip A. Cunningham, A Liturgical Press Book, 1995.

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Sharing Shalom: A Process of Local Interfaith Dialogue Between Christians and Jews (Studies in Judaism & Christianity)
Edited by Phillip A. Cunningham and Arthur F. Starr, Paulist Press, 1998.


Interfaith Writings

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Interfaith Marriage: Stories of Death into Life
Jay Cuasay and his Jewish wife spend a weekend at a Christian memorial and Jewish funeral during the Easter and Passover season reflecting on death to life in an interfaith marriage.

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Are you a Minister or a Mourner?
“Are you a minister or a mourner?” Jay Cuasay asked his almost-10-year-old daughter as they prepared to go to her first Jewish funeral over Mother’s Day weekend.

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Emmaus Monday
So what did you do last week? Catholics celebrated Holy Week and for those entering the church as its newest members, the Easter Triduum led us to the Resurrection anew. For Jay Cuasay, whose daughter is in the catechumenate, their Holy Week overlapped with the Feast of Passover. Here is their breathless Emmaus Story.

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Surviving the Holiday Crush: Logistics, Latkes, and Love of Family
The stress of family gatherings over the holidays is enough to bring out the Grinch in all of us. But in 2013 when the year’s crush of Thanksgiving/Hanukah/Advent ran back to back to back, Jay Cuasay wrote this reflection to provide some insight for dealing with December and everything after.


Interfaith Documents

To do the Will of Our Father in Heaven: Toward a Partnership between Jews and Christians

Dabru Emet: A Jewish Statement on Christians and Christianity

Nostra Aetate: Declaration on the Church to non-Christian Religions



The Pope Isn’t a Party Boss
E.J. Dionne, Jr.
Commonweal – March 27, 2014
[4th Comment]

Getting Past Supersessionism: An Exchange on Catholic-Jewish Dialogue

Editors: Steven Englund, Jon D. Levenson, Donald Senior, John Connelly
Commonweal - February 10, 2014
[6th Comment]


What the Passersby Hear
Robert P. Imbelli
dotCommonweal –May 21, 2010
[First Comment, with author reply]


Post-Vatican II or Post-John Paul and Benedict?
Vincent J. Miller
America  – February 28, 2013
[2nd Comment]

Don’t Try This At Home
Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor
America  – April 17, 2006
[First Comment]



Leadership, Embarrassment, and the New Evangelization
Dan Horan, OFM
Dating God, Franciscan Spirituality for the 21st Century –October 10, 2012
[6th Comment]

Response to Thomas Cahill’s NYT Piece on the passing of JPII
Jay Cuasay
C.I.A. Communications, Interfaith, Activism – April 6, 2005

Easter Interfaith: Jews and Christians
Jay Cuasay
C.I.A. Communications, Interfaith, Activism - March 25, 2005

Ramadan, Rezas, Rationing
Jay Cuasay
C.I.A. Communications, Interfaith, Activism - October 20, 2003

Northern Exposure: mixing realities, avoiding the mundane, and keeping on the up and up
Jay Cuasay
Media Ethics Paper delivered to Fordham University –March 8, 1993

Evolution may favor diversity, but the tail does not wag the fish
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