Evening of Roses

Date/Time: June 12th, 2025, 6 p.m. Cocktail Reception and 7 p.m. Program

Bethany Hall
Seton Hall University
400 South Orange Avenue
South Orange, New Jersey 07079

"I know the power of teachers. It is my deepest wish that teachers in our public and parochial schools, with scholarship assistance, will be able to enroll in Jewish-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University to stem the tide of ignorance in our schools and in society." — Sister Rose Thering, O.P., Ph.D.

The Sister Rose Thering Fund's annual gala raises money for student scholarships while honoring those who work tirelessly to advance Sister Rose's legacy by fostering understanding and cooperation among Jews, Christians, and people of other religious traditions through advocacy and education.

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Our 2025 Honorees

Michael Berenbaum
Distinguished Professor
Director, Sigi Ziering Institute
Ziegler School of Rabbinic Studies

Michael Berenbaum is the Director of the Sigi Ziering Institute: Exploring the Ethical and Religious Implications of the Holocaust and a Distinguished Professor of Jewish Studies at the American Jewish University. The author and editor of 24 books, he was also the Executive Editor of the Second Edition of the Encyclopaedia Judaica. He was Project Director overseeing the creation of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and the first director of its Research Institute and later served as President and CEO of the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, which took the testimony of 52,000 Holocaust survivors in 32 languages and 57 countries. His work in film has won Emmy Awards and Academy Awards. He has developed and curated museums in the United States, Mexico, North Macedonia, and Poland and his award-winning exhibition Auschwitz: Not Long Ago. Not Far Away has been in Madrid and Malmo, New York, Kansas City, and, most recently, at the Ronald Regan Library in California and will soon open in Boston.

Rev. Dr. Forrest M. Pritchett
Director, Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Program
Senior Adviser to Provost on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Rev. Dr. Forrest M. Pritchett, more commonly addressed as Rev. Pritchett, is a long-time civil rights activist, mentor, and adviser. With 53 years of experience in higher education, including his over 40-year career at Seton Hall, which began in 1978, he currently serves as the director of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership Program, and the senior adviser to the provost for diversity, equity, and inclusion. Throughout his years at Seton Hall, he has functioned as the Assistant Dean of the Black Studies Center, a faculty mentor in Freshman Studies, an adjunct professor in the departments of Africana, Interdisciplinary, and Religious Studies, and the program director of the Seton Hall Gospel Choir. He is well known for coordinating the annual MLK, Jr. Day Symposium, which provides perspectives on racism, privilege, and justice while educating students on the principles of MLK as a civil rights leader. He has seen initiatives like the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship Association grow immensely, now supporting up to 20 students each year financially. As someone who has inspired generations of Pirates through his many roles and has contributed greatly to numerous campus organizations, the university continues to embrace Pritchett as a servant leader and a pillar of the campus community who has helped to challenge the University to be and do better.