Liturgy BASICs

The focus of BASIC (Beginning Apologetic Studies In Catholicism) this year has been the Fruit of Vatican II. As part of the Year of Faith we have been encouraged to better understand the Second Vatican Council.

In the BASIC session on Friday Fr. Vogel explored liturgy. There are many misconceptions about Vatican II in general and in particular many of the liturgical ideas that it produced. This gave a chance to explore what the Council said and a few ideas that were wrongly attributed to it.

Fr. Vogel has posted many of his talks to the BASIC page.

The Fruit of Vatican II

If you missed the first session of BASIC (Beginning Apologetic Studies In Catholicism) titled

Council Purpose & Divine Revelation  

you can see Fr. Vogel's presentation here:



The next session is titled

The Church

and will be at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 2nd in the Steinhausen Center.
For more information see the BASIC website.

The Pope Started It

Fifty years ago today Pope John XXIII

 convened the Second Vatican Council.

This morning Pope Benedict XVI inaugurated the Year of Faith as an invitation for for all of us to deepen our faith over the next year. Of the 70 living Bishops who were part of the Council, 15 were able to come to Rome and participate in the procession.

After Mass, Pope Benedict re-enacted the way Pope Paul VI concluded the Second Vatican Council by issuing a series of "Messages to the People of God." These include messages for rulers, for men of thought and science, for artists, for women, for the poor, sick and suffering, for workers and for youth. Archbishop Rino Fisichella said this ceremony was done to "indicate that the teachings of the Council retain all their validity and deserve to be better known and studied."

 

In preparation for the Year of Faith, students at St. Columbkille Catholic School have been gathering prayer intentions. Each week after the all school Masses they have been praying for the intentions received.

This morning Fr. Vogel spoke to all of the students as he led a rosary as the school prayed together for all of the intentions.

 

 

 

 

We pray that you will find the

Year of Faith a time of

 renewal and strengthening

of your faith.