Vatican II
Scope and Contents
Material culture and pamphlets that document the Liturgical Movement and changes in religious life in the American Catholic Church from the early twentieth century through the implementation of the Second Vatican Council's reforms in the 1960s and 1970s. The collection contains artifacts of many kinds, including badges, bookmarks, candles, chalices, chaplets, crosses, crucifixes, holy water containers, jewelry, key rings, medals, money clips, monstrances, pins, plaques, relics, rosaries, scapulars, sick call sets, statues, vestments, and altar textiles.
Dates
- Creation: undated
- Creation: Majority of material found within 1926 - 1968
Creator
- From the Collection: Leonard, William J. (1908-2000) (Compiler, Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is mostly in English, with some materials in French, German, Italian, Latin, Lithuanian, Polish, Slovenian, and Spanish.
Access Note
Collection is open for research.
Full Extent
1 Linear Feet (4 containers)
Digitized
Digitized at the Internet Archive (BC20140609_Trinity):
Apostolic letter Ecclesiae sanctae issued motu proprio : implementing the following decrees of Vatican Council II / Pope Paul VI.
Apostolic letter Ecclesiae sanctae issued motu proprio : implementing the following decrees of Vatican Council II / Pope Paul VI.
Decree on priestly training : Second Vatican Council.
Decree on the adaptation and renewal of the religious life : October 28, 1965 / Second Vatican Council.
Declaration on religious freedom.
Dogmatic constitution on divine revelation / Second Vatican Council.
Dogmatic constitution on divine revelation / Second Vatican Council.
Declaration on Christian education / Second Vatican Council.
Declaration on religious freedom / Second Vatican Council.
Declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religions / [Paul, Bishop, Servant of the Servants of God together with the Fathers of the Sacred Council].
Decree on the ministry and life of priests.
Decree on the apostolate of the laity.
Decree on the ministry and life of priests.
Decree concerning the pastoral office of bishops in the Church.
Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the modern world.
Decree on the Catholic churches of the Eastern rite / Second Vatican Council.
Constitution on the liturgy : promulgated by Pope Paul VI at the closing of the second session of the Second Vatican Council, December 4, 1963.
The Eucharist, mystery of the faith / William J. Honer.
Instruction of the Congregation of Rites on music in the liturgy : March 5, 1967.
The liturgy : God's people at worship / by William J. Honer.
The Church and modern man : a commentary on the first chapter of the Constitution of the Church in the modern world / by M. Robert.
Pope John, the Council, and unity / [by Titus Cranny and DeSales Standerwick].
Christ and his Church : Vatican Council II / [version by John V. McGuire].
The Second Vatican Council : a report and an appraisal / Bernard J. Flanagan.
The call of the Council : pastoral letter / by Richard Cardinal Cushing.
Directory for the application of the decisions of the Second Ecumenical Council of the Vatican concerning ecumenical matters, May 14, 1967, Part I.
Decree on ecumenism : November 21, 1964.
Declaration on the relation of the Church to non-Christian religions.
Constitution on the Church, November 21, 1964.
Decree on ecumenism, solemnly promulgated by His Holiness, Pope Paul VI on November 21, 1964.
Constitution on the liturgy : promulgated by Pope Paul VI at the closing of the second session of the Second Vatican Council, December 4, 1963.
Decree on the missionary activity of the Church : December 7, 1965 / Second Vatican Council.
Constitution on the church / Second Vatican Council, November 21, 1964.
Decree on ecumenism, November 21, 1964 / Second Vatican Council.
Music in Catholic worship.
Vatican Council II, opening address, third session, September 14, 1964 / Pope Paul VI.
Paul VI's Apostolic constitution "Divinae consortium naturae" on the sacrament of confirmation.
Repository Details
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