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Vatican III?. Resources. Print resources: What Happened at Vatican II by John O’Malley Vatican II: Renewal within Tradition by Lamb and Levering The Church in the Making by Richard Gaillardetz The Future Church: How Ten Trends are Revolutionizing the Catholic Church by Allen Web Resources:
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Resources Print resources: • What Happened at Vatican II by John O’Malley • Vatican II: Renewal within Tradition by Lamb and Levering • The 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 Council • Vatican documents http://www.vatican.va
April 1959 that Pope John formulated the fundamental aim of the Council • to increase Christians’ commitment to their faith, “to make more room for charity . . . with clarity of thought and greatness of heart.”
Discussion 1 What was Vatican II? • 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?
Popes at the council Karol Wojtyla Joseph Ratzinger/Yves Congar at Vatican II
Four examples of micro-ruptures • Church as Sacrament • Dialogical Engagement – Ecumenism • A grace filled liturgical theology and sacramental life • Servant or pastoral leadership
Successes • Expanded role of the laity • Liturgical reform • Dialogical approach to Ecumenism • The bible in the life of the faithful
Failure (or disappointments) • Collegiality • Liturgical renewal • 1983 Code of Canon law
Where to go from here? • 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?
If there was a Vatican III – What would it look like?Discussion 2 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!)