THE ABRAHAM J. HESCHEL CENTER FOR CATHOLIC-JEWISH RELATIONS THE JOHN PAUL II CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF LUBLIN

Sister Regine Canetti from the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Zion has died at the age of 104. Sister Regine was a Holocaust survivor, convert and nun who spent 80 years building Christian-Jewish understanding in the Holy Land. “Her life was such a silent witness to… Read more… »

On the 83rd Anniversary of the beginning of the Great Liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto, Hundreds Walked Through Muranów in the 14th March of Remembrance This year’s event was dedicated to the musicians of the ghetto – people who brought hope despite the omnipresence of death. The March in… Read more… »

From October 1941 to July 22, 1944, approximately 130,000 prisoners of many nationalities passed through its gates, and about 78,000 lost their lives in the camp. Among them, the largest number of the dead and murdered were Jews (about 60,000 people), followed by Poles, Byelorussians, Ukrainians and Russians.… Read more… »

On July 22, 1942, the largest extermination of the Jewish population in occupied Europe began. In two months, some 254,000 people were deported from the Warsaw ghetto to the Treblinka death camp. In commemoration of the victims of the “Great Operation,” today (July 22) at 6:00 pm, a March… Read more… »

Unknown testimonies, forgotten archives and thousands of sisters who operated in the shadows. The National Academic Conference of Religious Historians, co-organized by the Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin, will be held in Warsaw on October 22-23. The event will highlight the role of female religious congregations… Read more… »

On the Roman trails with the Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin Jewish religion, tradition and culture, Catholic-Jewish relations, the history of the Jewish presence in Rome, the Jewish Holocaust in the 20th century and contemporary challenges in interreligious dialogue were the topics addressed by Fr. Dr.… Read more… »

During the German occupation, she risked her life by hiding a Jewish woman in the convent. In recognition of this heroic gesture, Zofia Liszka, Sister Serapiona of the Congregation of the Servant Sisters of the Virgin Mary Immaculately Conceived, was posthumously awarded the title of Righteous Among the Nations.… Read more… »

Konstanty Rokicki, a Polish consul in Bern who played a major role in saving Jews during the Holocaust, died on July 18, 1958. His actions within the Lados Group, involving the forgery of Latin American passports, made it possible to save at least several hundred people. Although Rokicki died… Read more… »

On Sunday, July 20 at 12:00 pm, the Treblinka Museum will host another thematic educational walk through the former German Nazi extermination and labor camp. This time, the participants will learn about the topic of transports to the camp, in connection with the 83rd anniversary of the first transport… Read more… »

Until July 30, the Museum of the Province of the Bernardine Fathers in Lezajsk is displaying the Icon of the Blessed Ulm Family - the so-called Markov Triptych. The work of Mateusz Środoń is presented in the historic monastery complex of the Bernardine Fathers. At the same time, its… Read more… »

The Catholic Church in Poland has responded firmly and unequivocally to the words of MEP Grzegorz Braun, who questioned the existence of gas chambers at the German Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Church leaders recalled the Church’s teaching on the sin of antisemitism and the obligation to defend historical truth. The… Read more… »

The Heschel Center of the Catholic University of Lublin is a partner in an international seminar organized by the Pontifical University of the Holy Cross in Rome to mark the 60th anniversary of the conciliar declaration “Nostra aetate” (1965). The symposium will take a scientific approach. It will be… Read more… »

If some states and nations are remorseful because they have done nothing for the Jews, they must find a victim upon whom they will shift responsibility according to the principle “ it was them, not me” - answers Rabbi Symcha Keller in “Culmination of Words,” when asked about accusations… Read more… »

In front of the doors on the cobblestones of Roman streets, you may notice inscriptions engraved on gold plates glistening in the sunlight. The light reflecting off them catches the eyes of passersby, who instinctively look down for a closer look. They then learn that each piece of metal… Read more… »

A delegation from the Gordon College of Education in Haifa, Israel, visited the Catholic University of Lublin, with Dr. Merav Hemi and Dr. Ronen Kasperski, giving lectures on education and special education, but also learning about the activities and projects of the Heschel Center at the Catholic University of… Read more… »

Israel thanks another Polish Hero, Righteous Among the Nations - the late Rev. Boleslaw Wroblewski, who rescued Jewish children from the Częstochowa ghetto during the Holocaust. The decoration, during a ceremony in Czestochowa, was presented to the priest's family by Israeli Vice Ambassador Baruch Bosmat. It was received… Read more… »

The Abraham J. Heschel Center for Catholic-Jewish Relations at the Catholic University of Lublin, in cooperation with the Publishing House of the John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, has published “Essential Writings” by Abraham Joshua Heschel. The contents of the book were selected and provided with an introduction… Read more… »

April 17 marked the conclusion of the exhibition “The Operation that Killed the City. The story of Lublin and its Jewish community in the shadow of the Holocaust based on photographs and documents from the collection of Norbert Podlesny. An exhibition in memory of the victims of Operation Reinhardt”. Since… Read more… »

This year, Easter in the Latin Church coincides with the Jewish feast of Pesach—a convergence that happens relatively rarely, as both celebrations are calculated according to different calendars. Pesach is a discovery of how the Passover meal becomes a tangible experience of salvation history through the senses of sight,… Read more… »

This year's Stations of the Cross at Majdanek, organized by the AL Catholic Youth Association and the AL Center for Youth Pastoral Care on the grounds of the State Museum at Majdanek, was the twenty-fifth anniversary event in the history of the whole undertaking. Its motto was: the Cross is… Read more… »

Below we present the dates coinciding with the most important Jewish Holidays in 2025: March 14 Feast of Purim April 12-20 Feast of Pesach June 2-3 Feast of Shavuot August 3 Feast of Tisha B'Av September 23-24 Feast of Rosh Hashanah October 2… Read more… »

An initiative with a long-standing historyEvery year, near April 19 - the date of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 - the Polish Council of Christians and Jews organizes the March of Prayer “On the Path of the Warsaw Ghetto Monuments.” About a hundred Warsaw residents and… Read more… »

The exhibition “The Operation That Killed a City” has opened at the Catholic University of Lublin (KUL) Library. Through photographs and documents from Norbert Podleśny’s collection, the exhibition tells the story of Lublin and its Jewish community in the shadow of the Holocaust. “We are witnessing a historic event. For the… Read more… »

The University Library and the Collegium Iuridicum of the Catholic University of Lublin are linked by a painful history related to Operation “Reinhard” - the extermination of Jews under German occupation. Odilo Globocnik, one of the main organizers and executors of the criminal enterprise, had an office in Collegium Iuriducum,… Read more… »