CATHOLIC-JEWISH DIALOGUE OF COLLIER COUNTY

Nostra Aetate 60th Anniversary Symposium

60^th anniversary of Nostra Aetate symposium

Hosted over two days in December 2025 at both Ave Maria University and the Nina Iser Jewish Cultural Center, the symposium brought together a panel of distinguished theologians and professors from across North America to discuss Nostra Aetate (In Our Time) the landmark document that changed 20 centuries of Catholic-Jewish relations, and its impact on our lives. 2025 marked the 60th anniversary of this effort, which was the result of Jewish and Catholic collaboration during the Second Vatican Council.

Participating panelists: Bishop Frank Dewane, Diocese of Venice; Dr. Matthew Tapie, director of the St. Leo University Center for Catholic-Jewish Studies; Dr. Robert Ventresca, president, King’s University College; Rabbi James Rudin, retired director of interfaith relations, American Jewish Committee; Rabbi Mark Gross, Jewish Congregation of Marco Island; attorney Martin Kaplan; theology professor T. Adam Van Wart, Ave Maria University; and Rabbi Stephen Fuchs, Temple Beth Shalom, Vero Beach.

View the symposium below.