Foundation Documents
The Second Vatican Council's document Gaudium et Spes (The Church in the Modern World) continues to inspire Call To Action. Collected here are other talks and documents, from Call To Action conferences and elsewhere, that give us foundation.
Theresa Kane, RSM: Welcome to Pope John Paul II
As President of the Leadership Conference of Religious Women, Kane pointed to the gifts and experiences that women were prepared to bring to all offices of the church, October 1979Bill Callahan: Alive and Believing for the 1980's
Talk given at a special Call To Action gathering, April 1980
Hans Küng: The Church From Above and the Church from Below
Talk given at Call To Action Conference, November 1981
Gregory Baum: The Church Since Vatican II: Prophetic Sign of Hope
Talk given at Call To Action Conference, November 1982
Bryan Hehir: American Catholics and Public Policy
Talk given at Call To Action Conference, November 1984
Rosemary Ruether: Crises and Challenges of Catholicism Today
Talk given at Call To Action Conference, November, 1985
Rembert Weakland, OSB: Living the Gospel in an Affluent Society
Talk given at Call To Action conference, November 1986
Charles Curran: Catholic Ethics in Tension: Sexuality and Social Justice
Talk given at Call To Action conference, November 1987
Matthew Fox: Creation Spirituality: Renewing Ourselves, Our Planet, and Our Church
First talk given by Matthew Fox after his year of silence imposed by the Vatican - presented at a special Call To Action Conference focusing on Creation Spirituality in February, 1990
Chung Hyun-Kyung: Welcome the Spirit: Hear Her Cries
Talk given at World Council of Churches Assembly in Canberra, Australia, February 1991
Miriam Therese MacGillis: Living the New Story
An interview with Miriam Therese MacGillis which appeared in In Context - a Quarterly of Humane Sustainable Culture, February, 1991
Edwina Gateley: Rediscovering and Claiming the Feminine Soul
Reprint excerpted from one of Edwina's tapes, March 1994
Rosemary Radford Ruether: Church as Community
Talk given at Wiconsin Call To Action meeting, May 1998
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