Courses and Events Summer 2019

Parashah / Sunday Gospel  

A weekly study of Portion of the Torah read in Synagogues on Shabbat and the Gospel Reading read in Catholic Parishes on Sunday

Every Friday, recommencing on Friday 3rd May 2019 11.00 – 12.30 (Tea / coffee from 10.30)


Learning as Transformation: The Joy and Challenge of Receptive Ecumenism

Wednesday May 1st 2019 :  2pm – 4pm Suggested Donation: £10     

Revd Dr Callan Slipper (National Ecumenical Officer, Council for Christian Unity)

Canon John O’Toole (National Ecumenical Officer, Catholic Bishops’ Conference)


Reading Sacred Places : New Approaches to Inter Religious Understanding

Professor Michael Barnes SJ

Sunday May 5th 2019 : Way and Wilderness  2.00pm – 4.00pm

Sunday June 16th 2019 : Dialogue in the Dust  2.00pm – 4.00pm

Sunday July 14th 2019 : Borderlines and Hospitality  2.00pm – 4.00pm

Suggested Donation: £10 per session


In the Shadow of Empire: Galilee and Judea in the First Century

A series given by Jonathan Gorsky

Thursdays May 16th 2019  The impact of imperial Rome, which is often an unspoken presence in New Testament texts, giving rise to Messianic hope and apocalyptic speculation.

May 23rd 2019  The impact of imperial Rome in Galilee

May 30th 2019 The impact of imperial Rom in Judea, Jerusalem and the Temple

Time : 11.00 – 11-3.15 (Tea and Coffee from 10.30)

Suggested Donation : £15 per day.  Please bring a Packed Lunch


49th Cardinal Bea Memorial Lecture  

10th anniversary of the 12 Points of Berlin – ‘A time for Re commitment’

Dr Debbie Weissman and Fr Peter Cullen

Wednesday June 5th

Time : 7.00pm – 9.00pm (Refreshemnts from 6.00pm)


Amos Oz : A Prophet in Israel

Rabbi Alexandra Wright

Wednesday June 12th 2019  

Time : 2.00 – 4.00pm

Suggested Donation : £10


From the Depths I have Called you: Jewish and Christian Responses to Violent Biblical Texts

Jonathan Gorsky and Fr Adrian Graffy

Thursday June 20th 2019 

Time 11.00am – 3.15pm   (Tea and Coffee from 10.30)

Suggested Donation: £15  Please bring a Packed Lunch


An Enlightened and Firm Faith: Remembering on the 50th Anniversary of his Death, Cardinal Bea :  Vatican II and the Transformation of Catholic -Jewish Relations.

Jonathan Gorsky

Thursday June 27th 2019  

Time 11.00am – 3.15pm   (Tea and Coffee from 10.30)

Suggested Donation: £15  Please bring a Packed Lunch


Life After Brexit for Our Faith Communities

Rabbi Sylvia Rothschild, Canon Guy Wilkinson, Mr Navad Siddiqi

Tuesday July 9th 2019

Time 11.00am – 3.15pm   (Tea and Coffee from 10.30)

Suggested Donation: £15  Please bring a Packed Lunch