Address: Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA 15601-1599
Phone: 724-830-1033
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Website: https://www.setonhill.edu/centers-community-programs/holocaust-center/
Directors/Person-in-Charge: Dr. James Paharik, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Sister Lois Sculco, Emerita
Sister Gemma Del Duc Co-Director, Emerita (Israel)
Sister Noel Kernan, Co-Director, Emerita (USA)
Year Established: 1987
Staff: Student Assistants - 2; Interns - 2
Type of Organization or Mission: The mission of the National Catholic Center for Holocaust Education is to counter antisemitism and to foster Catholic-Jewish relations by making the fruits of Holocaust scholarship accessible to educators at every level, especially in Catholic colleges and universities throughout the United States. To this end, the Center sustains a vital cooperative program with Yad Vashem and designs events to assist educators in shaping appropriate curricular responses for students of every age.
Services: Annual Catholic Institute for Holocaust Studies in Israel; Triennial Holocaust Ethel LeFrak education conferences; Seton Hill University's Genocide and Holocaust Online Graduate Certificate Program; Annual interfaith Kristallnacht and Yom Hashoah commemorations; Library collection including middle and high school curricular trunks; On-campus programs, exhibits, lectures; Curriculum consultation
Publications: Proceedings of the Ethel LeFrak Holocaust Education Conferences; The Holocaust: A Teaching Guide for Catholic Schools by Daniel C. Napolitano; Fifth and Sixth Nostra Aetate booklets featuring remarks by Rev. John T. Pawlikowski, OSM and Dr. Eugene J. Fisher
