No homework or prior preparation required. Just come and immerse yourself in the reading, reflection, and discussion for each day of the session.  A $6.00 donation per book is requested.

3 sessions (3-6 weeks/session) held each year (Fall, Winter, Spring)

No sessions are happening now.  Please check back in the Fall.

Tuesdays following 8 a.m. Mass in Whitemarsh Hall
Thursday evenings at 7 p.m. by request

Through prayerful reading of the text and related Scripture, we seek to grow in understanding, appreciation, and love for Jesus Christ and the teachings of His Church. The group's focus has been the Documents issued at the Second Vatican Council.

The Second Vatican Council, commonly known as "Vatican II," was called by Pope John XXIII in 1959 much to the world's surprise.  The first ecumenical council in 100 years, Vatican II convened over four sessions from 1962 - 1965 with over 3,000 bishops, lay and religious, advisors, experts, and guest observers in attendance from all over the world.  Over the course of these sessions, 16 documents were issued - 4 constitutions, 9 decrees, and 3 declarations.  The calling and convening of the Council was the most important event in the Church's history in modern times, and yet, what do Catholics really know about "Vatican II" beyond "all the changes that happened in the Church" as a result? What were these changes?  Were they a source of rupture or renewal?  

Find out as we learn from the texts of the four constitutions beginning with Lumen Gentium, the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church. We will read the beautiful and rich texts themselves, and hear the authentic "spirit of Vatican II," who is the Holy Spirit, speaking through Christ's church.

Coordinator: Margaret Grybauskas 301-390-6560 or mmgrybauskas@gmail.com