Re-Emergence Of The Synod Of Bishops In The Life Of The Church – Michael Whelan SM
On the sixtieth anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council we pause to remember! Historian, Giuseppe Alberigo, offers a good summary of the context within which the Synod […]
31 Bishop Michael; Malone Vatican II – Seen but not Heard
Seen but not Heard Michael Malone Seminary life back in 1958 was extraordinarily predictable! Little occurred to break the ordered routine, except perhaps an occasional Feast Day, or a rare […]
30 Cardinal Edward Clancy Some Thoughts on Church Dialogue
Some Thoughts on Church Dialogue Edward B. Clancy George Weigel, in his book Witness to Hope, speaks of the Second Vatican Council under the heading. The Gamble of Vatican II. […]
29 Bishop Geoffrey Robinson The Unfinished Business of Vatican II
The Unfinished Business of Vatican II Geoffrey Robinson When numbers of bishops come together, they are at ease with discussion of pastoral issues, but much less comfortable with discussion of […]
28 Sandie Cornish True and False Prophets
True and False Prophets Sandie Cornish The Second Vatican Council’s Pastoral Constitution – Gaudium et Spes – reflected on the Church in the Modern World. Although we find ourselves in […]
27 Michael Costigan Vatican II – Memories and Reflections
Memories and Reflections Michael Costigan “In the Advocate Michael Costigan gave a more thorough day-by-day account of the Council than any other English-language diocesan weekly” – Edmund Campion, Australian Catholics, […]
26 Francis Moloney Vatican II – The Word in the Church Tradition
The Word in the Church Tradition Francis J Moloney Those of us, now into our 60s, who had lived contented Roman Catholic lives in Australia across the 40s and 50s […]
25 Edmund Campion Vatican II – Historical Reflections
Historical Reflections Edmund Campion One day in 1975 Mary Hoban, a Melbourne housewife, was in her garden picking daisies at Eastertime. As she picked, the honey smell of the flowers […]
24 Bishop John Heaps – Vatican II – Unfinished Business
Unfinished Business John Heaps In 1951, my second year at St Columba’s Seminary, Springwood, a Passionist priest, Father Placid, conducted our retreat. The thought of joining a Religious Order kept […]
23 Bishop Geoffrey Robinson – Pope John XXIII and Vatican II
Pope John XXIII and Vatican II Geoffrey Robinson When numbers of bishops come together, they are at ease with discussion of pastoral issues, but much less comfortable with discussion of […]