USCCB - SEIA - Faith and Order

Faith and Order

Faith and Order Commission, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA

Since 1968 the USCCB has been a full member of this Commission, providing five theologians who represent the Conference at the meetings twice a year. The purpose of the Commission is "To call the churches to the goal of visible unity in one faith and in one eucharistic fellowship expressed in worship and common life in Christ, and to advance toward that unity that the world may believe." During the 1996-1999 quadrennium the Commission peruses studies on Ecclesiology, Formation of Christian Identity, and Mission in this Pluralistic World. It is also sponsoring a conference on Full Communion. Dr. Christopher Ruddy is the staff liaison.

Faith and Order Commission

Press Releases:
April 3-5, 2008
October 25-17, 2009
March 18-20, 2010

Jewish Relations

USCCB Documents on Jewish Relations

Guidelines for Catholic-Jewish Relations (1967)
Statement on Catholic-Jewish Relations (1975)
Guidelines for Catholic-Jewish Relations (1985 – currently under review)
Criteria for the Evaluation of Dramatizations of the Passion (1988)
God’s Mercy Endures Forever: Guidelines on the Presentation of Jews and Judaism in Catholic Preaching (1988)
Catholic Teaching on the Shoah: Implementing the Holy See’s “We Remember” (2001)
Statement of Catholic Principles for Catholic-Jewish Dialogue (2009)
Reply Letter to Five Rabbis (2009)
A Note on Ambiguities Contained in Reflections on Covenant and Mission (June 2009, revised October 2009)

Consultation with the National Council of Synagogues

Date established: October 1987
Frequency of meetings: twice yearly
NCS Co-Chairman: Rabbi Joel Zaiman, Baltimore
Catholic Co-Chairman: William Cardinal Keeler,
Episcopal Moderator for Catholic-Jewish Relations, BCEIA
SEIA staff: Rev. James Massa and Rev. Dennis McManus

Reports:
"A Lesson of Value: A Joint Statement on Moral Education in the Public Schools," 1990
"Joint Statement on Pornography," December 7, 1993
"Joint Statement on Dealing with Holocaust Revisionism," March 14, 1994
"Reflections on the Millennium," May 5, 1998
"To End the Death Penalty," November 9, 1999
"Reconciliation And Hope: A Reflection on the Occasion of Pope John Paul II's Historic Pilgrimage to Israel," March 13, 2000
"Joint Statement Condemning Acts of Religious Hatred," November 20, 2000
"Children and the Environment," November 20, 2000
"Filled with Sadness, Charged with Hope: A Joint Reflection on the Events of September 11," November, 28, 2001
"Reflections on Covenant and Mission," August 12, 2002

Meeting Press Releases:

April 15, 1997
October 21, 1997
May 4-5, 1998
October 28, 1998
March 23, 1999
November 9, 1999
March 13, 2000
November 20, 2000
April 17, 2001
November 28, 2001
March 13, 2002
December 2, 2002
April 7, 2003
December 11, 2003
April 20, 2004
November 3, 2004
May 11, 2005
November 2, 2005
May 22, 2006
May 15, 2007
November 19, 2007
May 12, 2008
May 12, 2009
30 November 2009

Methodist

The United Methodist-Catholic Dialogue

Date established: 1966
Frequency of meetings: twice each year
United Methodist Chairman: Bishop Timothy Whitaker
Catholic Chairman: Bishop William S. Skylstad
SEIA staff: Rev. Leo A. Walsh, S.T.D.

United Methodist Church

Reports:

"Shared Convictions about Education," 1970
"Holiness and Spirituality of the Ordained Ministry," 1976
"Eucharistic Celebration: Converging Theology-Divergent Practice," 1981
"Holy Living and Holy Dying," 1989.
"Yearning to Be One: Spiritual Dialogue Between Catholics and United Methodists" (2000)
"Methodist-Catholic Dialogues: Thirty Years of Mission and Witness" (2001)
(Also available in .pdf format)
"Through Divine Love: The Church in Each Place and All Places" (2005) (in .pdf format)

Meeting Press Releases:

February 27-March 1, 1997
October 16-18, 1997
February 12-14, 1998
October 1-3, 1998
February 11-13, 1999
October 26-28, 2000
March 26-28, 2001
November 9-12, 2001
May 5-8, 2002
December 9-11, 2002
April 23-27, 2003
October 2-5, 2003
March 22-24, 2004
October 15-17, 2004
April 29-May 1, 2005
December 16-18, 2008
June 15-17, 2009
December 23, 2009

Polish National Catholic

Joint Declaration on Unity (May 17, 2006)

Meeting Press Releases:
May 6-7, 1997
October 28-29, 1997
April 20-21, 1998
November 4-5, 1998
April 14-15, 1999
May 10-11, 2000
October 24-25, 2000
May 16-17, 2001
October 24-25, 2001
May 15-16, 2002
October 23-24, 2002
March 26-27, 2003
October 29-30, 2003
September 16-17, 2004
May 10-11, 2005
September 19-20, 2005
May 16-17, 2006
November 9-10, 2006
May 30-31, 2007
September 25-26, 2007
May 19-20, 2008
November 6-7, 2008
September 28-29, 2009