Jay Phillips Center for Jewish-Christian Learning

Saint John's University and the University of St. Thomas, two premier Catholic institutions of higher learning in Minnesota, have played a leadership role in interfaith education. In 1996 these schools formed a partnership whereby each of their individual programs in Jewish-Christian understanding could be mutually enhanced.

The center sponsors an active lecture and dialogue series with noted academicians, hosting distinguished leaders like William Cardinal Keeler and the late Rabbi Alexander Schindler, and sponsoring noteworthy visiting authors. In addition to a full schedule of classes at both universities, the center hosts week-long interfaith study workshops and brings scholars-in-residence to Christian and Jewish organizations congregations, and to colleges and seminaries, across the twin Cities, as well as out-state Minnesota and Iowa. It supports significant work in Holocaust education, including sponsoring an annual trip to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and guest lectures and university courses on the Holocaust. The center makes extensive use of the Internet for circulation of its major addresses, and is affiliated with other centers devoted to Jewish-Christian relations, both throughout North America and in Europe.

Visit us at: http://www.stthomas.edu/jpc