Cardinal Justin Rigali, Archbishop of Philadelphia, will offer opening remarks to students attending the 30th Annual Youth Symposium on the Holocaust. This annual seminar provides high school students with a unique opportunity to learn about the Holocaust. The program will include an introductory session featuring a topical film, small group dialogues with Holocaust survivors and a special workshop for teachers.

Co-sponsors of the annual gathering include: the Archdiocese of Philadelphia Office for Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs, the Office of Catholic Education, Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia, St. Joseph's University's Jewish-Catholic Institute, and the Anti-Defamation League and LaSalle University.

8:00 a.m.
Tuesday, March 6, 2007
St. Joseph's University
Bluett Auditorium
5621 Overbrook Avenue
Philadelphia

These educational seminars are open to high school students throughout the Delaware Valley who attend parochial, private and public schools. Catholic high school students from Archbishop John Carroll High School, Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast High School, St. Hubert Catholic High School for Girls, Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls and Country Day School of the Sacred Heart will be in attendance this year at the St. Joseph's University location. This one-day symposium is offered on various dates throughout the month of March at other locations throughout the Philadelphia region.

Editor's Note: For more information regarding the 30th Annual Youth Symposium, please contact Amy Blum at the Jewish Community Relations Council of the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia at 215-832-0655.

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