| Vatican2 is the e-mail network for members
of ARCC and progressive Catholics in general. Like the Catholic Church, our
membership is diverse, sociologically and geographically. While most
subscribers come from the U.S. and Canada, we have active participants from
all over the world. Whether lay or clerical, old or young, female or male,
we love our Church, but we do not identify this love with blind obedience.
As a People of God, we consider it our duty to challenge the Church to
become the best it can be and to help those in charge distinguish the
essential from elements that are a function of time and culture. At the same
time, we intend to remain firmly grounded in what is truly valuable in our
Catholic tradition. In this spirit we are working on developing a
Constitution for the Catholic Church.
If you find the material in the ARCC site
interesting, please consider joining us on Vatican2. While we have an
open-door policy, active participation is limited to people who share the
fundamental perspective of ARCC. If you disagree with our way of being
Catholic (or with being Catholic, period), you are welcome to sign up and
listen, but don't attack fellow members for their ideas, don't try to
convert us to an alternate view, and under no circumstances forward anything
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the other hand, keep in mind that we know that our Church has been
pluralistic from the very beginning and continues to have room for a wide
spectrum of practices and and beliefs. You might want to read Leonard
Swidler's
Dialogue
Decalogue which presents an excellent introduction to the kind
of non-adversarial, respectful conversation we encourage on this list.
Remember that dialogue is neither debate nor preaching.
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Vatican2 Voices:
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| VATICAN2 (Vatican2@listmail.temple.edu)
is the e-mail discussion list for ARCC. Vatican2 was founded in
spring of 1994 by Leonard
Swidler, Professor of Catholic Thought and Interreligious Dialogue
at Temple University. Vatican2 is a network of those who wish to share
reflections and information in the spirit of the Second Vatican Council
and ARCC, that is, a turn toward: DYNAMIC understanding of
reality, DEMOCRATIZATION of church and world, DIALOGUE
with the other, and DIRECTING concern toward this world along with
the interior life. Vatican2 is co-owned by Leonard Swider and
Ingrid Shafer. All
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