Facing the Future as Friends: Catholics, Jews, and Muslims

On October 28, 1965, the Second Vatican Council of the Catholic Church issued an authoritative declaration on its relationship with other religions. Entitled Nostra Aetate, Latin for “In Our Time,” it called for interreligious dialogue, devoting special attention to Jews and Muslims. To mark its sixtieth anniversary, we will reflect together on the new possibilities for interreligious friendships that declaration enabled, consider the religious topics we need to keep exploring, and discuss how to continue building the interreligious solidarity that is desperately needed in today’s divided and violent world. 

Peace Islands Institute Pennsylvania is pleased to invite you to a special panel discussion, “Nostra Aetate: Facing the Future as Friends: Catholics, Jews, and Muslims Sixty Years after Nostra Aetate,” on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM at Saint Joseph’s University, Campion Student Center.

Co-organized with the Institute for Jewish-Catholic Relations, Saint Joseph’s University; Office of Muslim Engagement, City of Philadelphia; Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations; Archdiocese of Philadelphia; and the National Council of Synagogues.