Saint James Vicariate For Hebrew Speaking Catholics in Israel
Righteous Among The Nations
Memorial to the Jesuit Righteous Among the Nations
Fifteen Jesuits have been recognized as Righteous among the Nations by Yad Vashem, the Israeli national memorial for the victims of the Shoah.Polish nun who helped hide Vilna ghetto rebels during Holocaust dies at 110
Cecylia Roszak was thought to be the oldest nun in the world; poet Abba Kovner was one of those she and her sisters saved at a local convent
Here we hid
Ma'ariv newspaper published a long article telling the story of the Jewish children who lived in a monastery during the Shoah, on December 1, 2017. Thank you, S. R. who sent us this article.
Joining forces during the Shoah
The magazine of Yad VaShem published a fascinating article on combined rescue attempts by Jewish and non-Jewish religious leaders in its issue of the month of June 2017. The author is Irena Steinfeldt, director of the department that documents the cases of Righteous Among the Nations.
French Seminary in Rome saved Jews
On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, the French Seminary in Rome was recognized as a “House of Life”, which had saved Jews during the Shoah.
Convent saves Jews
Yediot Ahronot published the story of the rescue of Jews from the Warsaw Ghetto by the Franciscan Sisters of the Family of Mary in an article in the edition of April 24, 2017, Holocaust Memorial Day.
Premier of new film on Filipino effort to save Jews
A new film, “Open Door,” was shown for the first time in Israel on Wednesday, January 25, 2017, at the Cinematheque in Tel Aviv. Father David Neuhaus, Latin Patriarchal Vicar attended the event.
Righteous among the Nations in Poland
Polish Christians who saved Jews during the Shoah honored by Jewish American organization.
Saving 669 children during Shoah
T. from the Haifa kehilla sent us this moving testimony regarding Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 children during the Shoah.
Filipino righteous commemorated in YadVaShem
Father Bienvenido OFM, chaplain of the Nazareth Holy Family Filipino Community, attended a special event at Yad VaShem on November 24, 2015.
The just will not be forgotten
Sister Anne-Marie of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary reports on a day in the community in Florence, Italy.
Giuseppe Girotti to be beatified
On Saturday, April 26, 2014, Father Giuseppe Girotti, a Dominican priest, will be beatified.
Slawa – Righteous among the Nations in our kehilla
Father Roman, responsible for the Haifa kehilla, reports on a moving ceremony to honor Slawa, a member of the kehilla in Haifa.
“I am my brother’s keeper” exhibition at Yad VaShem
A new exhibition about the Righteous Among the Nations was inaugurated in the Yad VaShem Museum last June.
Beatification of Odoardo Focherini
On Saturday, June 15, 2013, Odoardo Focherini will be declared blessed in his hometown of Carpi in northern Italy.
She chose to be buried in a Catholic cemetery
Why would a Jewish Holocaust survivor choose to be buried in a Catholic cemetery? Yossi Sarid tells the fascinating and moving story of Tosca…
Pope recognizes Righteous among the Nations as blessed
On May 10, 2012, among those recognized as a model of faith is a new blessed, Odoardo Focherini from Carpi, Italy, who saved many Jews during the Shoah and died in a Nazi camp in 1944.
Yad Vashem honors Righteous Among the Nations from France
On Tuesday, February 28, 2012, Yad Vashem held a ceremony honoring Sister Marie Emilienne and the late Father Joseph Caupert as Righteous Among the Nations from France.
Franciscan Media Center covers Yad VaShem ceremony honoring nun
The website of the Saint James Vicariate publicized the upcoming ceremony to honor Mother Marie-Veronique (Philomene Smeers) as a Righteous among the Nations at Yad VaShem.
Belgian nun declared Righteous Among the Nations
On November 3, 2011, Yad VaShem in Jerusalem will hold a ceremony in which a Belgian nun will be declared a Righteous Among the Nations.
