Vatican II - want to know more?

Hello all.

I had the privilege of listening to Archbishop Pettipas last night after parent/teacher interviews. He was delivering a message with regards to how we can enrich our faith and get to know the Catholic Church better.

The highlights of his talk centered on the Second Vatican Council. Did you know that this council was the only one in history that was not called in response to a crisis? Pope John XXIII called this council in order to reflect upon the church and what the church should be to the people. It certainly was a surprise to his cardinals and to the rest of the world.

Our Archbishop encourages us to enrich our faith by beginning to read the documents written by the Second Vatican Council. He highlighted some of the points brought out by the following four documents. There are more, but this is a beginning, says Archbishop Pettipas.

We are often challenged on the changes brought about by Vatican II, either by fellow Catholics or others, either in support or negating what went on. I am challenging you to get to know the Vatican II yourself by reading these documents. I plan to. :-)

The links to those documents are:

Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy

http://www.ewtn.com/library/councils/v2litur.htm

Dogmatic Constitution on the Church

http://www.ewtn.com/library/councils/v2church.htm

Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation

http://www.ewtn.com/library/councils/v2revel.htm

Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World

http://www.ewtn.com/library/councils/v2modwor.htm


Let's have some fun with this! :-)