Priest Speaks on Jews and Christ

"There is a definite longing among many Jews, although still a minority of them, to follow Christ," Father John Oesterreicher told a meeting of the Catholic Club in Emerson D last night.

An audience of almost 100 heard the Catholic clergyman say that "the walls of the spiritual ghetto are crumbling." Father Oesterreicher, himself a convert from Judaism, said that "leading Jewish scholars" are now discussing Christ.

Father Oesterreicher said there was need for Catholics to show friendship and understanding towards the Jews.

He attributed some of the alleged misunderstanding between the two faiths to the "blas against Catholics" taught in "much of the public school system" and to the "general hostility" towards the Catholics caused by a "small minority" of Protesiant ministers.