Monday, 8 September 2014

50th Anniversary of Vatican II - CCI International Conference in India

Theme: Vatican 2+50: A Cardijn Perspective   Cardijn Community International (CCI) is holding an International Conference in India in December 2015 to commemorate the conclusion of the Second Vatican Council.   It may be recalled that the project 'Vatican 2+50: A Cardijn Perspective'...

Sunday, 15 April 2012

Vatican 2 + 50: A Cardijn Perspective - Manila Conference

Cardijn with Pat Keegan and Bartolo Perez To mark the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, CCI will hold a conference on the theme "Vatican 2 + 50: A Cardijn Perspective" to be held at the Pius XII Centre, Manila from 11-14 October 2012. The aim of the conference will...

Fr Komonchak on the history of Vatican II

Well known historian Fr Joseph A. Komonchak has made available a number of essays providing some of the background to Vatican II.Background to Vatican II – 1Vatican II: The more remote backgro...

Thursday, 20 October 2011

South Africa's Hope and Joy Network

Hope and Joy Network: This is a network launched by Southern African church organisations including the Jesuit Institute, Redemptorist Publications, LCCL and most major men’s and women’s congregations, SA Council of Priests, CPLO, Catholic Institute of Education/ CSO, SVdP, Knights of da Gama,...

Friday, 26 August 2011

A guide to reading up on Vatican II

"I had reason and occasion to educate myself about Vatican II during the past year and a half while working on a book, and I found it a tremendously affirming, stimulating, and inspiring exercise," writes Ken Trainor at US Catholic. "With the 50th anniversary of the opening of Vatican II looming...

Wednesday, 10 August 2011

Pope John's secretary recalls the 'four pillars' of Vatican II

Recalling the announcement of Vatican II by Pope John XXIII, Bishop Loris Capovilla, who was the pontiff's personal secretary, has outlined what he calls "the four pillars" of the Council. “We know today more than ever who we are and where we are going (Lumen Gentium), what language we should...

Monday, 8 August 2011

What future for Vatican 2?

Thomas Worcester, S.J., a Professor of History at the College of the Holy Cross, and a specialist in religious and cultural history, recalls the impact of Vatican II in a piece for the Huffington Post. For Catholics in the U.S. and elsewhere another significant anniversary is on the horizon: that...