“Bakit ba big deal ang Vatican II?” Yan ang tanong na sasagutin natin sa unang episode ng ating mini-series tungkol sa Second Vatican Council.
Sa episode na ito, sina Lennon at Russel ay magdadala sa atin sa isang kwento ng sorpresa, debate, at pagbabago:
📅 Paano nga ba nagsimula ang ideya ni Pope John XXIII noong 1959?
🏛️ Ano ang nangyari sa apat na sesyon ng Konsilyo (1962–1965)?
⚖️ Sino ang mga pangunahing personalidad: mula kina Cardinal Ottaviani at ang Coetus Internationalis Patrum, hanggang kina Karl Rahner, Yves Congar, Henri de Lubac, Joseph Ratzinger, Cardinal Suenens, at Dom Hélder Câmara?
🤔 Ano ang mga behind-the-scenes moments—mga pulong sa hotels, tensyon sa aula, at kung paanong ang media ay naging “ikalimang sesyon” ng Konsilyo?
🙌 At paano tinanggap ng ordinaryong Katoliko ang mga pagbabago, tulad ng paggamit ng vernacular sa Misa?
Makikita natin na ang Vatican II ay hindi lang boring na meeting ng mga obispo—ito’y isang drama ng Espiritu Santo, puno ng tensyon, panalangin, at pananabik para sa kinabukasan ng Simbahan.
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Recommended readings:
– Giuseppe Alberigo (ed.), History of Vatican II (5 vols.)
– Giuseppe Alberigo, A brief history of Vatican II
– Blake Britton, Reclaiming Vatican II
– James Kroeger, A Vatican II Journey: Fifty milestones
– John W. O’Malley, What Happened at Vatican II
– Xavier Rynne, Letters from Vatican City
– Matthew Levering (ed.), The Word on Fire Vatican II Collection: Constitutions – for the texts
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Music and sound effects
Sound effects are from Mixkit.com, while a bit of Handel’s Juravit Dominus was played in this episode.
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Sound clips
Clips from different sources were also used to enhance the story-telling, you can visit them and view them in the links provided (if there are any):
– Caeremoniale Romanum. Pope John XXIII declares the convocation of Ecumenical Council [1962] YouTube.
– Ibid. Vaticanum Secundum (Opening of the Second Vatican Council) – I. YouTube.
– Ibid. Solemn Procession to begin the Second Vatican Council descends from the Scala Regia at the Vatican. YouTube.
– Ibid. PROFESSIO FIDEI of Pope John XXIII during the opening ceremony of the Second Vatican Council [HD]. YouTube.
– Ibid. Pope Paul VI closing Ecumenical Council in Vatican – 1965 [DiFilm]. YouTube.
– Catholicism Archive. Pope John XXIII meets with prelates to make plans for Vatican II (1962, HD) YouTube.
– SanctusMatrisTemplum. Pope John XXIII Dies. YouTube.
– British Movietone. Pope Paul VI Coronation – 1963 | Today In History | 30 June 18. YouTube.
– VivaCristo1000. Pope Benedict XVI speaks about Vatican II. YouTube.
A clip from the movie Novitiate (Maggie Betts, 2017) – Please be advised that this was taken from a movie. The II Vatican Council never said that nuns are now free to not wear the habit, nor that religious consecration is no longer special. But what is stated here in this clip encapsulates the general idea of the wider public of what the Council “supposedly” teaches as compared to what it really does.
The Lost Papal Archives. Closing ceremony of the Second Vatican Council [1965] [HD]. YouTube.
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Some of the personalities mentioned in this episode
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- Pope John XXIII convoked the Second Vatican Council in 1959
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- Pope Paul VI continued the Council after Pope John’s death saw it to its conclusion in 1963
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- Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, former prefect of the Holy Office and figurehead of the Coetus Internationalis Patrum
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- Leo Josef Cardinal Suenens, leading voice of the reformists in the Council
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- Dom Helder Cámara, the bishop of the slums
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- Rufino Cardinal Santos, the first Filipino Cardinal and member of the Coetus Internationalis Patrum
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