Jews who converted to Catholicism

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St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)

St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Edith Stein, was born in Breslau, Germany (now Wroclaw, Poland), on 12 October 1891, the youngest of 11, as her family was celebrating Yom Kippur, that most important Jewish festival, the Day of Atonement. "More than anything else, this helped make the youngest child very precious to her mother". Being born on this day was like a foreshadowing to Edith, a future Carmelite nun.

Edith's father, who ran a timber business, died when she had just turned two. Her mother, a very devout, hardworking and strong-willed woman, now had to look after the family and their large business. However, she did not succeed in keeping up a living faith in her children. Edith lost her faith in God. "I consciously decided, of my own volition, to give up praying", she said. (Read more)

Sister Rosalind Moss

former Jew and Evangelical minister

“May He guide thy way, who Himself is thine everlasting end: That every step, be swift or slow, still to Himself may tend.”

As I set out to do the unthinkable — to study the claims of the Catholic Church — I clung to this prayer...(Read more)

David Moss

Steve Trombecky

Karen Koskoff

Bob Fishman

Also see:
Association of Hebrew Catholics

 

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If there are any Jewish converts to Catholicism here feel free to share your conversion story. I know of at least one.

 

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Debbie Herbeck

 

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Joni Seith

 

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Fr. Peter Sabbath

 

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Allen Levine

 

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Dr. Ronda Chervin

 

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Dan Burke

 

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Martin Barrack

 

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Roy Schoeman: Notable Jewish Converts and the Gift of the Catholic Church (Talk 3 Prescott Mission)

 

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The Jews, the Holocaust, and the 2nd Coming New Zealand 2015

 

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Father Raphael Simon, O.C.S.O. 1909-2006

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He was my retreat master a couple of times when I went to St Joseph's Abbey on retreat.

Jim

 

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There was a Jewish Catholic lady who was one of the sponsors back when I went through RCIA.

 

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Here's a quote I found on the Vatican's official website:

"...Islam as a post-Christian religion and does not enter into the fundamental concerns of the Christian religion as Judaism does. As the apostle Paul said in his Letter to the Romans (11,17-24) and as the Second Vatican Council reiterated, the Church of the Gentiles is grafted, is nourished and is supported by the good olive tree of Israel. We can define Christianity without mentioning Islam, but we cannot do so without taking into account Judaism." (Source)

 

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Jews do not"convert" Judaism. They complete their faith.

 

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Jews do not"convert" Judaism. They complete their faith.

Good point. I agree that they complete their faith when they recognize Jesus as the Jewish Messiah and become Catholic.

 

[mark46]

Good point. I agree.

That is what I was taught in RCIA when, as a Jew, I entered the Catholic Church so many years ago. We visit a synagogue for an evening with the rabbi, where he explained much about Judaism. I later taught in RCIA, where we continued this very useful visit each year.

 

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That is what I was taught in RCIA when, as a Jew, I entered the Catholic Church so many years ago. We visit a synagogue for an evening with the rabbi, where he explained much about Judaism. I later taught in RCIA, where we continued this very useful visit each year.

I didn't know that you are of Jewish ancestry. I've been learning a few things about Jewish traditions recently. I just learned about the Jewish Festival of Succoth which began this year with the blood moon.

 

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Roger Dubin

 

[Michie]

I've often heard Jewish converts describe Catholicism as the fulfillment of their Jewish faith.