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VATICAN III?
Print resources:What Happened at Vatican II by John O’Malley
Vatican II: Renewal within Tradition by Lamb and LeveringThe Church in the Making by Richard Gaillardetz
The Future Church: How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church by Allen
Web Resources:All Things Catholic (Blog by John Allen for NCR)
Richard Gaillardetz’s website http://www.gaillardetz.com Conciliiaria: website http://conciliaria.com/ Day by Day
coverage…50 years ago today at the Vatican CouncilVatican documents http://www.vatican.va
RESOURCES
ST. PAUL OUTSIDE THE WALLS –JOHN XXIII JAN. 25, 1959
to increase Christians’
commitment to their faith, “to make more room for charity . . .
with clarity of thought and
greatness of heart.”
APRIL 1959 THAT POPE JOHN FORMULATED THE FUNDAMENTAL AIM
OF THE COUNCIL
A complete turning away from the
Church of the past – a discontinuity or
rupture?
Reform within the Church that aims to
bring the Church into the 21st
century?
What was Vatican II?
DISCUSSION 1
Joseph Ratzinger/Yves Congar at Vatican II Karol Wojtyla
POPES AT THE COUNCIL
Church as Sacrament Dialogical Engagement –
Ecumenism A grace filled liturgical
theology and sacramental life Servant or pastoral leadership
FOUR EXAMPLES OF MICRO-RUPTURES
Expanded role of the laity
Liturgical reform
Dialogical approach to Ecumenism
The bible in the life of the faithful
SUCCESSES
Collegiality Liturgical
renewal 1983 Code of
Canon law
FAILURE (OR DISAPPOINTMENTS)
Renewed determination to
complete the vision of the council
Vatican II is a spent project – complete – now time to set our
sights on evangelizing the world.
Vatican III?
WHERE TO GO FROM HERE?
In twos or threes, define the three most important topics that would have to be addressed at the next
Church Council (not your opinion of what the Church should do!)
IF THERE WAS A VATICAN III – WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE?
DISCUSSION 2
VATICAN III OR….MANILA, NAIROBI, OR RIO DE
JANEIRO I
BIOETHICS/MORAL ISSUES
SACRAMENTAL SCARCITY
ROLE OF THE LAITY
ECUMENISM/PENTECOSTALISM
LITURGICAL RENEWAL
JUSTICE