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Study centres programme

in-person
CERJUC - San José

Introducción a la Biblia

11/08/2025 - 24/11/2025 (Mondays)
18:00 - 20:00
Casa Coronado, Costa Rica
Spanish
Sr Andrea Chacón NDS
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online
CERJUC - San José

El rey David: entre la historia y la leyenda

12/08/2025 - 24/11/2025 (Tuesdays)
09:00 - 11:00
Spanish
David Castillo
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online
CERJUC - San José

Los distintos rostros de María Magdalena

12/08/2025 - 25/11/2025 (Tuesdays)
18:30 - 20:30
Spanish
Rocío Cano
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in-person
CERJUC - San José

Introducción al hebreo bíblico

13/08/2025 - 26/11/2025 (Wednesdays)
09:00 - 11:00
CERJUC, Moravia, Costa Rica
Spanish
Juan Carlos Valverde
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online
CERJUC - San José

Breve historia del cristianismo

13/08/2025 - 26/11/2025 (Wednesdays)
18:30 - 20:30
Spanish
Hanzel Zúñiga
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in-person
CERJUC - San José

El camino de María de Nazareth

14/08/2025 - 27/11/2025 (Thursdays)
09:00 - 11:00
CERJUC, Moravia, Costa Rica
Spanish
Sr Andrea Chacón NDS
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online
CERJUC - San José

La interpretación judía de la Biblia

14/08/2025 - 27/11/2025 (Thursdays)
14:00 - 16:00
Spanish
David Castillo
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in-person
CERJUC - San José

Club de lectura bíblico-teológica

14/08/2025 - 27/11/2025 (Thursdays)
16:00 - 18:00
Casa Coronado, Costa Rica
Spanish
Hernán Rodríguez
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in-person
CBF

St. Paul: Tentmaker, Jew and Apostle

18/09/2025 - 02/10/2025
Full time - residential
Greece
English
Kieran J. O’Mahony OSA (HDipEd, BTS, STl, LSS, PhD)
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in-person
CERJUC (San José) and CBF (Jerusalem)

La Carta a los Romanos y los Hechos de los Apóstoles

10/01/2026 - 22/01/2026
Full time - residential
Rome, Italy
Spanish
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Other courses, workshops and events

in-person
CCJ Vic

The annual Sr Shirley Sedawie oration

17/08/2025
14:00 - 16:00 (Melbourne time)
East Melbourne Hebrew Congregation, Melbourne, Australia
English
Revd Canon Dr Robert Derrenbacker
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Sisters on the web

Requiem Mass for Sr Regine – 21 July 2025

Requiem Mass and celebration of the life of Sr Regine: 16 May 1921 – 17 July 2025.

Sr Regine Canetti, NDS
English and Hebrew
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Sr Regine: 80 years of consecrated life – 21 July 2025

On the YouTube channel of the Christian Media Center, Jerusalem.

Sr Regine Canetti, NDS
English
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Weekly Parasha commentary – 11 July 2025

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Parashat Balak

Theme: Do Justice, Love kindness, and Walk Humbly with Your God

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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Sr Lúcia’s perpetual vows – 5 July 2025

Mass for profession of perpetual vows, on the YouTube channel Irmãs de Sion – CONSAGRAE.

Sr Lúcia De Fátima
Portuguese and English
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Sunday readings commentary – 29 June 2025

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: That All the Gentiles Might Hear the Good News

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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Sr Maria’s perpetual vows – 23 June 2025

Mass for profession of perpetual vows, on the YouTube channel of the parish of Our Lady of Pentecost, Diocese of Cubao.

Sr Maria Odor Malau
English
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UNANIMA International June 2025 newsletter

Homelessness, the status of women, the completion of UNANIMA International, and more.

NDS is a UI coalition partner
English
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Sunday readings commentary – 1 June 2025

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: Our lives proclaim Christ’s presence

Sr Rita Kammermeyer, NDS
English
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Article about Sr. Oonah O’Shea’s election as President of UISG – 16 May 2025

On the website of zenit_The world seen from Rome.

Title: Sr. Oonah O’Shea Elected President of UISG, Brings Rural Wisdom and Bold Vision to Global Role

Sr Oonah O’Shea, NDS
English
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God’s Word Guides Us as Pilgrims of Hope – May 2025

A seminar that connects texts from Leviticus, Isaiah, Luke and Matthew with hope in our world today.

Mark Walsh, NDS Associate
English
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Sunday readings commentary – 11 May 2025

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: When suffering gives way to joy

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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Weekly Parasha commentary – 25 April 2025

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Parashat Shmini

Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS
English
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UNANIMA International March 2025 newsletter

Commitment and hope in the Commission for Social Development, the Civil Society Forum and at the launch of UI’s latest book on homelessness.

NDS is a UI coalition partner
English
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Parashat commentary – 28 February 2025

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “The Gift

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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CCJ Vic conversations – February 2025

David and Kasia talk about their backgrounds, their roles in the ICCJ, and what they learned at the recent meeting “Heads, Hearts and Hands: What can dialogue do for us?”

Alex Kats, Rabbi David Fox Sandmel, Sr Kasia Kowalska NDS
English
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Parashat commentary – 14 February 2025

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “Fit to receive the Torah

Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS
English
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Article about the event “Heads, hearts and hands” – 14 February 2025

On the Catholic Religious Australia (CRA) website.

Sr Mary Reaburn NDS
English
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UNANIMA International December 2024 newsletter

Multi-faith women-led climate action, the 12th World Urban Forum, COP29, and more.

NDS is a UI coalition partner
English
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Sunday readings commentary – 26 January 2025

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “The Joy of the Lord is Your Strength(Nehemiah 8:10)

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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Inaugural Rosalie Hanley NDS Conversation, Box Hill, Australia – 17 November 2024

A conversation, organised by NDS Australia and CCJ Vic, about Sr Mary’s book: A Friendly Guide to Jewish-Christian Dialogue.

Rabbi Jacqueline Ninio OAM, Sr Mary Reaburn NDS
English
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UNANIMA International October 2024 newsletter

“Becoming a Synodal Organization”, High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, Summit of the Future, and more.

NDS is a UI coalition partner
English
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Annual Sister Shirley Sedawie Oration – 29 September 2024

Prof Kim Rubenstein speaks on the theme: “Recalibrating citizenship in the 21st century”.

Council of Christians and Jews Victoria, Australia
English
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Parashat commentary – 23 August 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “You are my treasured possession!”

Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS
English
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Parashat commentary – 12 July 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “Because you did not Trust”

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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UNANIMA International July 2024 newsletter

The UN Civil Society Conference in Nairobi, Kenya, from May 9-10, 2024, UN Civil Society Conference 2024, Cara Girls Rescue Centre and more.

NDS is a coalition partner
English
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Parashat commentary – 28 June 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “A Reliable Sign”

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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Catholic Outlook article on interreligious dialogue event – 16 May 2024

Two Sion sisters feature in an article on a talk given by friend Cardinal Michael Fitzgerald about why interreligious dialogue is important now more than ever.

Sr Bernadette Lynch and Sr Mary Reaburn, NDS
English
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Parashat commentary – 21 June 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “Not by Might, Nor by Power, but by My Spirit”

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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UNANIMA International May 2024 newsletter

The 68th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW68), Habitat International Coalition Side Event, UI Side Event: Holistic Approaches for a Sustainable Future and more.

NDS is a coalition partner
English
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Pentecost Sunday Commentary – 19 May 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: They were All filled with the Holy Spirit

Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS
English
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First vows Nadia and Crystal – 14 April 2024

Mass for profession of first vows, on the NDS Ein Karem YouTube channel.

Sr Crystal Anievas and Sr Nadia Tawfik
English, Arabic and Tagalog
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Sunday readings commentary – 10 March 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “The Land Lay Desolate … It Kept Sabbath”

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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UNANIMA International March 2024 newsletter

The 62nd Session of the Commission for Social Development, the Habitat International Side Event, the ATD Fourth World and UNANIMA International Online Event, the Award Ceremony – 2023 Woman of Courage, and more.

NDS is a coalition partner
English
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Sunday readings commentary 18 February 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “Creation Overcomes Chaos”

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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Weekly Parasha commentary – 16 February 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “I will dwell in them!”

Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS
English
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Sunday readings commentary 2 February 2024

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “The Lord Whom You Seek Will Come”

Sr Diane Willey, NDS
English
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Sunday readings commentary 17 December 2023

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “Rejoice in the Lord!”

Sr Rita Kammermayer, NDS
English
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UNANIMA International December 2023 newsletter

COP 28, the NGO Committee on Migration, the Working Group to End Homelessness, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, and more.

NDS is a coalition partner
English
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Sunday readings commentary 12 November 2023

For the ISPS-Ratisbonne Bat Kol-Christian Centre for Jewish Studies

Theme: “We are lamps illuminating the world”

Sr Margaret Shepherd, NDS
English
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Annual Sister Shirley Sedawie Oration – 3 September 2023

Rabbi Ed Rosenthal speaks on the theme: “Spirituality of the Sea: Your trip to the beach will never be the same again!”

Council of Christians and Jews Victoria, Australia
English
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Video: “Sister Regine and a hundred-year history” – 19 May 2021

On the website of the Christian Media Center, Jerusalem

Sr Regine Canetti, NDS
English
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An interview with Sr Cristiane dos Santos – 28 April 2021

On Hora News, a Brazilian digital newspaper.

Theme: The importance of ecumenism for Christianity and its relationship in a divided society.

Sr Cristiane dos Santos, NDS
Portuguese
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