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Q’s from the Pews, Vol 8/9: Documents of Vatican II: September 28, 2025

What is our missionary task in the world? The Second Vatican Council’s decree Ad Gentes (“To the Nations”) reminds us that the entire Church is called to…

Q’s from the Pews, Vol (7/9): Documents of Vatican II  (Vol 7/9) How should we relate to non-Catholic Christians? September 21, 2025  

Unitatis Redintegratio (the decree on ecumenism, UR) addresses the divisions that have developed within Christianity. UR notes that anyone validly baptized under the formula prescribed…

Q’s from the Pews, Vol (6/9) What is the Apostolate of the Laity?

Apostolicam Actuositatem defines the “apostolic activity of the people of God.” This decree of Vatican II, known as the Apostolate of the Laity, calls us…

Q’s from the Pews: Vol (5/9) What is the focus of Gaudium et Spes? September 8, 2025

Gaudium et Spes (Joys and Hopes) begins: “The joys and the hopes, the griefs and the anxieties of the men of this age, especially those…

Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II (Snippets –Vol 4/9): September 1, 2025

Dei Verbum (DV), the Second Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, “(sets) forth authentic doctrine on divine revelation and how it is handed on.”…

Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II: August 24, 2025

(Snippets –Vol 4/9) Sacrosanctum Concilium: The Constitution on the Liturgy has four goals: “(1) to impart an ever increasing vigor to the Christian life of…

Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II (Snippets –Vol 2/9): August 17, 2025

Volume II: Lumen Gentium or LG (translated as: Light to the Nations) was the first document worked on, but the second published. This document, along…

Q’s from the Pews: Documents of Vatican II (Snippets –Vol 1/9): August 10, 2025

July 28th began our formal study of the Documents of Vatican II suggested by Pope Francis. Since many of you cannot attend the formal classes,…

Q’s from the Pews: What is a Roman Catholic? August 3, 2025

The descriptor “Roman Catholic” is quite commonly used to describe Catholics in the Western world. However, you might not know that the Catholic Church does…

Q’s from the Pews: How does a virtuous life lead to freedom? July 20, 2025

St. Thomas Aquinas listed four cardinal virtues: prudence (caution), temperance (balance), justice (fairness), and fortitude (perseverance). These virtues, espoused by ancient Greek philosophers, were explored…