2025-26 Lecture Series: "Faith, Theology, and Community."
Commemorating 60 years of the Ecumenical Theological Research Fraternity in Israel
Title: "Israel Between Temporal Realities: Reassessing Biblical Zionism in the Wake of the October 7 War"
Lecturer: Dr. Andre Villeneuve
Date:29.10.25 via Zoom
Brief Overview: Dr. André Villeneuve is a Catholic theologian, biblical scholar, Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, and a friend of the Ecumenical Fraternity since his student days in Jerusalem in early 2000.
Dr. Villeneuve received his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2013, writing his dissertation on the topic of nuptial symbolism in the New Testament and in ancient Jewish writings. He also completed a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) at the Salesian Pontifical University (2014), and a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (S.S.L.) with the Pontifical Biblical Commission in Rome (2019). In 2009, he spent a semester at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome as recipient of the Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Fellowship offered by the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies. He previously obtained an M.A. in Theology and Catechetics from Franciscan University of Steubenville (2005), a Mag. Art. in Jazz Saxophone from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria (1998), and a B. Com. in Management Science from the University of Ottawa (1992).
A convert from agnosticism, Dr. Villeneuve’s journey has taken him from jazz saxophone studies in Austria to humanitarian work in Croatia, worship leadership in Tel Aviv, and catechesis in Jerusalem. He is the author of Divine Marriage from Eden to the End of Days and Nuptial Symbolism in Second Temple Writings (2025) and serves on the board of the Association of Hebrew Catholics.
His research focuses on nuptial symbolism in the Bible and the Jewish roots of the Catholic faith.
He is a scholar whose life and work bridge Scripture, tradition, reconciliation, and Israel-Church relations. (www.catholicsforisrael.com).
To download the invitation click HERE. To download the poster click HERE.
Lecturer: Dr. Andre Villeneuve
Date:29.10.25 via Zoom
Brief Overview: Dr. André Villeneuve is a Catholic theologian, biblical scholar, Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Languages at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit, and a friend of the Ecumenical Fraternity since his student days in Jerusalem in early 2000.
Dr. Villeneuve received his Ph.D. from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 2013, writing his dissertation on the topic of nuptial symbolism in the New Testament and in ancient Jewish writings. He also completed a Baccalaureate in Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) at the Salesian Pontifical University (2014), and a Licentiate in Sacred Scripture (S.S.L.) with the Pontifical Biblical Commission in Rome (2019). In 2009, he spent a semester at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome as recipient of the Brenninkmeijer-Werhahn Fellowship offered by the Cardinal Bea Centre for Judaic Studies. He previously obtained an M.A. in Theology and Catechetics from Franciscan University of Steubenville (2005), a Mag. Art. in Jazz Saxophone from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Graz, Austria (1998), and a B. Com. in Management Science from the University of Ottawa (1992).
A convert from agnosticism, Dr. Villeneuve’s journey has taken him from jazz saxophone studies in Austria to humanitarian work in Croatia, worship leadership in Tel Aviv, and catechesis in Jerusalem. He is the author of Divine Marriage from Eden to the End of Days and Nuptial Symbolism in Second Temple Writings (2025) and serves on the board of the Association of Hebrew Catholics.
His research focuses on nuptial symbolism in the Bible and the Jewish roots of the Catholic faith.
He is a scholar whose life and work bridge Scripture, tradition, reconciliation, and Israel-Church relations. (www.catholicsforisrael.com).
To download the invitation click HERE. To download the poster click HERE.
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