Fifty years after it started, the faithful still debate what the changes wrought by the Council mean for the Church today. This series of seven talks will provide you with the perspective of people who have lived the unfolding of Vatican II in our Archdiocese. After setting the scene in the first talk, we take a user-friendly look at six of the Vatican II documents.
These lectures were presented and recorded live in the fall of 2012.
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Setting the scene for Vatican II: What was the world like in 1959 when the Council was called?
Presenter: Rev. Don MacDonald, OFM
Note: the session is presented in three segments, each followed by a short discussion period.
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Reading Material:
Vatican Resources:
(Archive recording from September 19, 2012)
A single sacred deposit / God is with Us: Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum)
Presenter: Rev. David Norman, OFM
Note: the session is presented in three segments, each followed by a short discussion period.
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Reading Material:
Media:
Vatican Constitution
(Archive recording from October 10, 2012)
Looking from the Inside Out: The Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium)
Presenter: Rev. Don MacDonald, OFM
Note: the session is presented in three segments, each followed by a short discussion period.
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Reading Material (in the order Father Don will speak about them) :
Media:
Vatican Constitution
(Archive recording from October 17, 2012)
Your Baptismal Covenant: Decree on the Apostolate of Lay People (Apostolican Actuositatem)
Presenter: Sandy Prather
Note: the session is presented in three segments, each followed by a short discussion period.
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Media:
Vatican Decree
(Archive recording from November 7, 2012)
The Theatre of Human History: Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes)
Presenter: Dr. Bob McKeon, Associate Director for Social Justice
Note: the session is presented in three segments, each followed by a short discussion period.
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Media:
Vatican Constitution
(Archive recording from November 28. 2012)
Let Them All Be One: Decree on Ecumenism (Unitatis Redintegratio)
Presenter: Julien Hammond, Director of Evangelization and Catechesis
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Download the discussion questions here. Use these questions for group discussion, or private reflection.
Reading Materials:
Media:
Vatican Decree
(Archive recording from December 5, 2012)
The Liturgy is our Life: Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium)
Presenter: Rev. Bill Burke, Director, National Liturgy Office, CCCB
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Note: the session is presented in three segments, each followed by a short discussion period.
Download the discussion questions here. Use these questions for group discussion, or private reflection.
Media:
Vatican Constitution
(Archive recording from December 10, 2012)