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    • 978-1-03-838382-2
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    • 978-1-03-838380-8
    • 5.5 x 8.5 inches
    • Black & White interior
    • 168 pages
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    • 978-1-03-838381-5
    • 5.5 x 8.5 inches
    • Black & White interior
    • 168 pages
  • Keywords
    • personal holiness,
    • the modern Church,
    • the body of Christ,
    • the Holy Spirit,
    • Christian mission,
    • synodality,
    • spiritual warfare

Jesus Christ: The Heart of Vatican II
by Glen Argan


Sixty years after the completion of Vatican II, the full meaning of the only Catholic ecumenical council of the last 150 years is still not widely understood. Longtime journalist Glen Argan shows how the council intended to draw ordinary Catholics into an encounter with Jesus. That encounter empowers us for a mission to transform the world. Jesus Christ, the Heart of Vatican II presents the council as a call to deeper faith and inspired action. It shows how popes from John XXIII to Leo XIV have discerned the voice of the Holy Spirit speaking through the Second Vatican Council and calling the faithful to a dynamic mission. Catholic readers will find in Jesus Christ, the Heart of Vatican II a path to living out the council’s vision for following Jesus.


Glen Argan was editor of the Western Catholic Reporter in Edmonton, Alberta for thirty years. He has master’s degrees in philosophy and theology, and has been a leader in national and local organizations. Glen is the 2018 winner of the Leslie K. Tarr Award for lifetime contribution to Christian writing and publishing in Canada. He writes regularly at www.glenargan.substack.com.


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