{"id":254,"date":"2015-09-28T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T15:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/rbsc\/?p=254"},"modified":"2026-06-29T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T14:06:09","slug":"vatican-ii-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/rbsc\/vatican-ii-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Vatican II Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

by Jean McManus,\u00a0Catholic Studies Librarian<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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2015 marks many anniversaries of Vatican II, including the upcoming 50th<\/sup> anniversary of the closing of the Second Vatican Ecumenical Council in December of 1965. The\u00a0Vatican II collection<\/a> and Catholic Pamphlets collection<\/a>\u00a0in Rare Books & Special Collections provide a window into the Council. The Vatican II collection includes schemata, the outlines and drafts of the key documents of Vatican II, along with news service reports and other documents circulated during the Council. These primary sources contrast with the popular Catholic pamphlets produced during and after the Council. Our holdings include the Address delivered by His Holiness Pope John XXIII at the solemn opening of the Second Vatican Council October 11, 1962<\/em><\/a> and the Closing speeches: Vatican Council II, December 7-8, 1965<\/em><\/a>. Between these sessions and even later, Vatican II provided the subject matter for many a popular Catholic pamphlet, bringing the Council to the people. Some examples: You and the ecumenical council<\/em> (1962); Decree on Eastern Catholic churches<\/em> (1966); Vatican II and youth<\/em> (1967); What is the lay apostolate?: taken from\u00a0Vatican\u00a0II’s\u00a0Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity – Apostolicam Actuositatem <\/em>(1979).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In addition to exploring our library holdings, please visit the fascinating exhibit, Outsider at the Vatican: Frederick Franck’s Drawings from the Second Vatican Council<\/a>. Curated by Catherine Osborne, postdoctoral fellow at the Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism, the exhibit displays rarely seen drawings by Franck that he produced during his visits to all the sessions of the Second Vatican Council. The exhibit runs through September 30, 2015 at the Notre Dame Center for Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture, 1045 West Washington Street, South Bend. Hours are Sunday 12:00-4:00 p.m. and Tuesday-Friday, 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. The exhibit is free and open to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n

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