Lumen Gentium (Light to the Nations) - The Constitution on the Church is one of the 16 documents to come out of the Second Vatican Council. It provides the blueprint for an authentic understanding of the Church - its purpose, origins, structure, and mission. Pope John Paul II encourages all the faithful to continue to grow in understanding of the Church with these words from a 1979 homily: "The Pope expects a noble and generous effort on your part to always know better your Church. The Second Vatican Council wanted to be a council about the Church. Take the documents of the Second Vatican Council, especially Lumen Gentium, and study them with loving attention."
Taking the Holy Father's words to heart, ENDOW has produced a study guide as a companion to this extraordinary document. Participants will read and discover for themselves that in the years since the Council the documents "have lost nothing of their value or brilliance" and, in fact, can be of incomparable worth to women who desire to deepen their relationship with Christ as they expand their knowledge of His Church.
Author - Steve Weidenkopf
Steve works in Washington, D.C. as a program analyst for the federal government. He has his Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the Notre Dame Graduate School of Christendom College in Alexandria, Virginia (2001). He received his Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from Syracuse University in Syracuse, N.Y. (1993). Steve has served as the Director of the Office of Marriage & Family Life for the Archdiocese of Denver from Oct. 2001 to May 2004 and as an advisor to Archbishop Charles J. Chaput, O.F.M. Cap. He has taught classes in Marriage & Family, Human Sexuality, Church History, and Theology. Steve is happily married to Kasey, and they have four children.
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