Vatican II: A 50th Anniversary Review of Resources: Web Sites

By now you know the Web can contain really good information, but also skewed or misleading "information" ... or pure garbage. You can just dig around for a while, OR you can save time and get better information by seeing what sites other folks have found to be really good. In the box to the right, see a couple of Expert Lists of links on Religion, as well as a Directory which pre-examines and describes good sites.

St. Augustine of Hippo  (James J. O'Donnell, U.Penn. & Georgetown)   Introductions, texts, translations, commentaries and more.

St. Thomas Aquinas (Thomas Institut, Utrecht)    An attempt to create a list of links to a number of different sites containing texts by Aquinas; some are in Latin, some English.  For an ongoing new English translation of the <i> Summa Theologica<i/>, see Alfred Freddoso's online site, and the print volumes in LINUS.  (NOTE: As each volume goes to print, it gets taken off the site.)

St. Ignatius of Loyola  (Woodstock Theological Center)    Compilations of 50 letters and other writings by Ignatius.

John Henry Newman  (National Institute for Newman Studies)    Collected works (both Anglican and Catholic periods), biography, and more.

Here is a relatively new Web site from the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, regarding the new English translation of the revised Roman Missal.  It includes background, sample texts, a list of terms and definitions, and an FAQ.  This is a growing site, so check now and then for updates and additions to content.

These are the four pillars of Vatican II:

• Sacrosanctum Concilium, The Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy, December 4, 1963.

• Lumen Gentium, Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, November 21, 1964.

• Dei Verbum, Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation, November 15, 1965.

• Gaudium et Spes, Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World, December 7, 1964.

Decrees of the Council

Inter Mirifica (Decree on the Instruments of Social Communication)

Unitatis Redintegratio (Decree on Ecumenism)

Christus Dominus (Decree on the Bishop's Pastoral Office in the Church)

Optatam Totius (Decree on Priestly Formation)

Perfectae Caritatis (Decree on the Appropriate Renewal of Religious Life)

Apostolicam Actuositatem ( Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity)

Presbyterorum Ordinis (Decree on the Ministry and Life of Priests)

Ad Gentes (Decree on the Church's Missionary Activity)

Declarations of the Council

Gravissimum Educationis (Declaration on Christian Education)

Nostra Aetate (Declaration on the Relationship of the Church to Non-Christians)

Dignitatis Humanae (Declaration on Religious Freedom)

Orientalium Eccleiarum (Decree on the Eastern Catholic Church)