Bishop O'DowdMay 24Developing Empathy: O’Dowd Students Engage the HolocaustMany people don’t realize how connected Judaism, Christianity and Islam are, but they are. “As a Catholic teaching Judaism, Islam,...
Gabriel GreschlerJan 23, 2020Holocaust-era violins visit S.F. Catholic SchoolAll were silent in the gymnasium at San Francisco’s all-girls Mercy High School while renowned violinist Hannah Tarley tuned her...
Catholic San FranciscoApr 4, 2019Courage against injustice: Holocaust survivor, refugees tell their stories…San Francisco's Mercy High School, in partnership with The Helen and Joe Farkas Center for the Study of the Holocaust in Catholic...
Miriam L. ZimmermanFeb 22, 2018Helen Farkas – A day in the life...Today, I must pick up Helen Farkas to take her to Mercy High School in San Francisco, where she will talk about her experiences in the...
Rob GlosterJan 29, 2018Helen Farkas dies at 97 — survivor who brought Holocaust education to local schoolsHelen Farkas, an Auschwitz survivor who spent more than four decades serving as a living witness to the traumas of the Holocaust by...
Rob GlosterJan 17, 2018Holocaust survivor adds to legacy at early 100th birthday in S.F.As a young woman struggling to survive the horrors of Auschwitz, Helen Farkas made a vow: If she lived, she would tell her story to the...
Alix WallApr 29, 2016Catholic educator makes survivors’ stories his life missionJim McGarry remembers the first time he heard a Holocaust survivor speak. It was in 1992 at a training session for local educators...
Patricia CorriganMar 25, 2016Survivor, 93, tells her story at Catholic schoolLenci Farkas didn’t sleep well the night before she was to be honored at San Francisco’s Mercy High School. When the 93-year-old faced...
Dan PineApr 11, 2014Catholic students get firsthand lesson in never againGloria Lyon, 84, faced her audience and held up her arm, revealing a faded numeric tattoo. Showing that somber marking from Auschwitz...
Emma SilversMar 18, 2011S.F. Catholic school honors courage and spirit of survivorsA hush fell over the auditorium as Holocaust survivor Zdena Berger took the stage. As the diminutive 86-year-old read aloud from two...