Eight Reform Jewish teenagers attended mass at the Church of St. Paul the Apostle here yesterday in a program arranged by the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue aimed at enabling the youngsters to learn about the Roman Catholic Church.
The Jewish youngsters, pupils of the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue School, were also given special instruction in the procedures and religious articles and vestments used in the Catholic ritual at the St. Paul the Apostle School and were guests at a brunch given by the Sisters of the Holy Cross who staff the Catholic School. In the instruction period, the Jewish youngsters watched a demonstration of Catholic ritual which was explained to them by a faculty member of the St. Paul School.
Last year, the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue School was host at a model Passover seder to a group of Catholic youngsters.
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