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	-- Posted: 10/12/2005, 1:58 a.m. Central Time -- Updated: 10/12/2005, 4:40 p.m. Central Time Retired Bishop Aloysius Wycislo dies  Bishop  Aloysius  Wycislo  1908 - 2005 After helping found Catholic Relief Services and attending Vatican II, he served Green Bay Diocese for nearly 40 years Retired Green Bay Diocesan Bishop Aloysius J. Wycislo passed away Tuesday night, Oct. 11, according to Tony Kuick, Communications Director for the diocese. Bp. Wycislo, 97, died at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay at about 8:45 p.m., said Kuick. He had been diagnosed with double pneumonia and intestinal blockage on Oct. 7, but "remained alert and in relatively good spirits" until near the end, according to a diocesan news release. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 15, at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Green Bay.   Full story ...

Bishop opens door on Vatican II using its hinges

	EXCHANGE GREETINGS: Bps. Aloysius Wycislo and David Zubik talk before a presentation on the Second Vatican Council at the diocesan offices. (Rick Evans photo)

By Patricia Kasten
Compass Associate Editor

The two greatest documents of Vatican II are the Dogmatic Constitution on the Church (Lumen Gentium) and the Pastoral Constitution on the Church in the Modern World (Gaudium et Spes).

That's the opinion of retired Bp. Aloysius Wycislo, speaking to diocesan employees on the eve of the 43rd anniversary of the convocation of the council (Oct. 11, 1962). One of eight surviving bishops of the Second Vatican Council, he was in Rome for the drafting of each of the 16 documents issued between 1962 and 1965 by the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Church. (The 40th anniversary of the close of the Council will be Dec. 8.)

"Lumen Gentium and Gaudium et Spes could be thought of as two hinges that open the door," said the bishop, 97. "And in between those two hinges are the other 14 documents of Vatican II."

While Bp. Wycislo feels all 16 documents of the council have tremendous importance, he believes that the two documents he focused on summarize the work of Vatican II. And those documents can be summarized in two words: "communion and mission."   Full story ...

	Mass Times Diocese of Green Bay Mass Schedules

 • Reflection on the Readings by Auxiliary Bishop Morneau --
    October 9, 2005: We have been loved for a very long time

 • Explaining the Scripture by Fr. Michael Stubbs --
    October 9, 2005: Parallel parables offer different images

 • Editorial -- Welcome actions
    Senate was right to approve pro-life bills, even though most of them
    will be vetoed

 • Editorial -- Ideas, not personalities
    Argue, disagree, but stick to the issues

 • Eye on the Capitol --
    Enhanced website better serves

 • Foundations of Faith --
    Stigmata: Marked with the wounds of Christ
    Not necessary for belief, but wounds of the Passion have marked several
    holy people

 • Saint of the Day --
    Louis worked in the Old, New Worlds
    Whether as missionary, preacher or prior, Louis remained open to the Spirit

 • Praying with Sunday's Scriptures

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