The second Vatican Council, or Vatican II was the most recent ecumenical council of the Catholic
Church. It ran from 1962 to 1965, with the ambition of completing the unfinished task of Vatican I (1869-1870) and ecumenical outreach to the Modern World.
To mark the theme, we are encouraging people to make their own pilgrimages throughout the archdiocese. We have plenty of Saints and Venerated people in our archdiocese to visit.
They are:
St John Almond (Liverpool)
St Edmund Arrowsmith (Haydock)
St John Rigby (Eccleston)
St John Wall (Preston)
Blessed Dominic Barberi (Buried in St Helens)
Venerable Elizabeth Prout (St Helens)
Venerable Ignatius Spencer (Buried in St Helens)
Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour at Bishop Eton
If you want inspiration to do your own pilgrimage, then head to the Pilgrim Way website, where there is a suggested route for Liverpool!
The second Vatican Council, or Vatican II was the most recent ecumenical council of the CatholicChurch. It ran from 1962 to 1965, with the ambition of completing the unfinished task of Vatican I (1869-1870) and ecumenical outreach to the Modern World.
There were four constitutions – Sacronsanctum Concilium, Lumen Gentium, Dei Verbum and
Gaudiem et spes – and nine decrees: Inter mirifica, Orientalium Ecclesaiarum, Unitatis redintegratio,
Christus Dominus, Perfectae caritatis, Optatam totius, Apostpolicam actuositatem, Ad gentes and
Presbyterorum ordinis – and three declarations – Gravissimum Educationis, Nostra Aetate, Dignitatis
Humanae.
You can view these documents below.
Monsignor Peter Fleetwood, a priest of the Archdiocese of Liverpool currently based in Rome, has
authored a paper called The Year of Council: Sharing Faith in the Diocese of Westminster. We thank
the Diocese of Westminster for sharing this with us!
Pondering and Praying Vatican II
