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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
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Bishop Aloysius Wycislo 1908 - 2005 |
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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 ...
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Bishop opens door on Vatican II using its hinges
Bp. Aloysius Wycislo, one of the few surviving council fathers, says much still undone
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EXCHANGE GREETINGS: Bps. Aloysius Wycislo and David Zubik talk before a presentation on the Second Vatican Council at the diocesan offices. (Rick Evans photo)
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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 ...

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