We Remember: Exploring the Holocaust and Antisemitism (A Seminar for Catholic School Educators)

Date: June 17-20, 2026

Location: Miami, Florida

Catholic school teachers and administrators from all disciplines—especially theology and religion, social studies, history, fine arts, and English/language arts—will explore the history of Catholic–Jewish relations with interfaith leaders; learn effective Holocaust pedagogy for engaging students with complex content; participate in field trips; attend Sabbath services at a synagogue; and collaborate within a supportive learning community to address real-world classroom challenges. Professional development credits will be offered through the Archdiocese of Miami.

Guest Presenters

Rabbi Gary M. Bretton-Granatoor, President, Nantucket Interfaith Council;
internationally recognized expert on Interfaith relationships

Father Dennis McManus, a priest of the Archdiocese of Mobile; Consultant for
Jewish Affairs to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops

By invitation only.

In partnership with FIU Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs, Bearing Witness Institute, Archdiocese of Miami, Catholic Jewish Alliance, and Shutts & Bowen LLP.

 

 

 

With encouragement from The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leaders

  • Corey Harbaugh

    Corey Harbaugh retired as a school curriculum administrator in 2025 to move into Holocaust education full time as Faculty Advisor for The Olga Lengyel Institute and Curriculum Specialist for the Anne Frank Center at The University of South Carolina. He served as a member of the Governor’s Council on Holocaust & Genocide Education and co-authored the model curriculum in support of Public Act 170 of 2016 that mandates Holocaust and genocide education in Michigan schools. Corey helped organize and co-facilitate the pilot of this seminar in 2024 at the Cathedral of Christ the Light in Oakland, CA.

  • Donna Tarney

    Donna Tarney is the Education Specialist at the Anne Frank Center at USC, Columbia. Using  Anne’s story, she helps university students, school groups, and community organizations prepare themselves to stand up and speak out against hate in all its forms. Donna also facilitates virtual and in person workshops to help people recognize bias and prejudice in their own lives and work toward appreciation of diversity. Prior to this, Donna was the Education and Outreach Specialist at the Stan Greenspon Holocaust and Social Justice Education Center in Charlotte, NC. In that capacity, Donna created and facilitated Holocaust and human rights programs for schools and community groups throughout North and South Carolina. Donna taught Theology, History, and Holocaust courses for thirteen years at Charlotte Catholic High School, with an emphasis on lessons that would help her students make informed choices to build strong communities. Donna holds a master’s degree in religious education from Loyola University and earned a Certificate in Holocaust Studies from Georgetown University. She attended TOLI NY in 2014, and has been co-leading our Summer Satellite Program for eight years, including last year’s pilot seminar of We Remember.

  • Brendan Murphy

    Brendan Murphy is an award-winning educator and sought-after presenter; Brendan is the founding director of the Bearing Witness Institute for Interreligious and Ecumenical Dialogue at Marist School. He has taught history at Marist since 1994 and continually demonstrates for his students and colleagues a strong commitment to fostering understanding and collaboration among diverse communities of faith. Murphy is a thought leader on religious solidarity and an advocate for combating hate and prejudice by drawing communities together. His contributions to education and interfaith dialogue are widely recognized. Murphy has received numerous awards, including the Outstanding Educator Award from the Anne Frank Center in New York, the ADL’s Abe Goldstein Human Relations and Unsung Hero Awards, on the state level, with the Distinguished Service Award from the Georgia Independent School Association and twice with the Georgia Outstanding Educator of the Year Award from the Georgia Commission on the Holocaust. He also has been recognized as Teacher of the Year by the University of Notre Dame.  Murphy is actively involved in developing educational initiatives and created a compelling “History and the Holocaust” seminar at Marist that is complemented by co-curricular international field trips to sites in Europe that were significant during the Holocaust.

  • Oren Stier

    Dr. Oren Baruch Stier is Professor of Religious Studies and Assistant Vice Provost for Combating Antisemitism at Florida International University. He also serves as Director of the Global Jewish Studies Program in the Steven J. Green School of International & Public Affairs and directs FIU’s Holocaust and Genocide Studies Program, which facilitates teaching and learning about the Holocaust and other genocides through a certificate program, teacher training, community outreach, faculty research, and more. Stier is author of two books, Committed to Memory: Cultural Mediations of the Holocaust (2003) and Holocaust Icons: Symbolizing the Shoah in History and Memory (2015) and co-editor of Religion, Violence, Memory, and Place (2006). His research addresses Holocaust education, Jewish memory, Holocaust testimony, and the material and visual culture of the Shoah and its remembrance. Stier has been a Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies research fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and was the Guest Curator for a Wolfsonian teaching gallery exhibition, “Race and Visual Culture under National Socialism.” In 2020-21 Stier served on a Florida Department of Education expert group writing new statewide standards for Holocaust education. He regularly leads single- and multi-day workshops to educators on teaching the Holocaust.