Are you willing to take the The 16 Documents of the Vatican II Challenge? The Pope John Paul II called the Second Vatican CONSTITUTIONS Council “the great grace bestowed on the  Dei Verbum — Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation Church in the twentieth century” (Novo (Nov. 18, 1965)  Lumen Gentium — Dogmatic Constitution on the Church Vatican II Millennio Ineunte, 57). Yet there are so few who are familiar with what the conciliar (Nov. 21, 1964)  — Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy documents actually say. (Dec. 4, 1963) Challenge  Gaudium et Spes — Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Now that Pope Benedict XVI has declared Modern World (Dec. 7, 1965) October 11, 2012 – November 24, 2013 to be the Year of Faith, the Holy Father has DECLARATIONS reiterated his predecessor’s call for the  Gravissimum Educationis — Declaration on Christian Education whole Church to become more familiar (Oct. 28, 1965) with these “important and normative  Nostra Aetate — Declaration on the Relation of the Church to Non- texts” (ibid.). Christian Religions (Oct. 28, 1965)  Dignitatis Humanae — Declaration on Religious Freedom To aid in this effort, this reading plan has (Dec. 7, 1965) been crafted for exploring the sixteen DECREES documents of Vatican II in one year for less than ten minutes a day. It would be most  Ad Gentes — Decree on the Mission Activity of the Church fitting to undertake this exercise during the (Dec. 7, 1965) Year of Faith; however, this is an exercise  Presbyterorum Ordinis — Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests (Dec. 7, 1965) that can be undertaken at any time during  Apostolicam Actuositatem — Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity the Year of Faith and beyond. (Nov. 18, 1965)  Optatam Totius — Decree on Priestly Training (Oct. 28, 1965) Read the documents of  Perfectae Caritatis — Decree on the Adaptation and Renewal of Vatican II in one year for Religious Life (Oct. 28, 1965) less than ten minutes a day  Christus Dominus — Decree on the Pastoral Office of Bishops in the "[The documents of Vatican II] need to be read correctly, Church (Oct. 28, 1965) to be widely known and taken to heart as important and  Unitatis Redintegratio — Decree on Ecumenism (Nov. 21, 1964) normative texts of the Magisterium, within the Church's  Orientalium Ecclesiarum — Decree on Churches of the Tradition. . . . I feel more than ever in duty bound to point Eastern Rite (Nov. 21, 1964) to the Council as the great grace bestowed on the Church  Inter Mirifica— Decree on the Media of Social Communication in the twentieth century: there we find a sure compass by (Dec. 4, 1963) which to take our bearings. . . ." - John Paul II, Novo Millennio Ineunte 57 These documents are all available online at: vaticantwo.wordpress.com http://www.vatican.va/archive/hist_councils/ii_vatican_council/index.htm Second Vatican Council Daily Reading Plan

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