Br. John G. Driscoll Professorship in Jewish-Catholic Studies

Pope John XXIII famously urged an aggiornamento for the Church and subsequent popes have each called for an ongoing renewal of Christian life in each new moment through the means available to the people of God. This lecture will reflect on the heart of the Council's message and its continuing importance as evidenced in the teaching of Pope John XXIII, Pope John Paul II, Pope Benedict XVI, and Francis I. Dr. Maureen Sullivan, OP, is a Dominican Sister of Hope from New York. She received her M.A. in Theology from Manhattan College and her Ph.D. from Fordham University. For the past 25 years, she has been a member of the Theology Department of St. Anselm College, N.H. She has written two books on the Second Vatican Council, both published by Paulist Press: "101 Questions and Answers on Vatican II" and "The Road to Vatican II: Key Changes in Theology".

Presented by The Vatican II Series on November 13, 2013 The liturgical reform initiated by the Second Vatican Council is the most far reaching in Catholic history. It is also the most visible sign and fruit of what the Council intended. What happened at Vatican II to generate this reform? What changed and why? Now, fifty years later, is Vatican II "old news" or does it still give direction and hope to the Church today? Rita Ferrone received her MDiv from Yale in 1983. Since that time she has worked for the Catholic Church in parishes, diocesan offices, and as an independent scholar, writer, and consultant. She is the author of several books about liturgy, including: "Liturgy: Sacrosanctum Concilium", in the Paulist series, and "Rediscovering Vatican II", for which she won a Catholic Press Association award. She is a regular contributor to Commonweal and other Catholic journals.