This series contains reports, bulletins, articles and newspaper clippings, personal accounts, speeches, conference notes, strategic plans, correspondence, and other papers from Robert C. Dodds' participation in the National Council of Churches, the Fourth Session of the Second Vatican Council, and the ninth meeting of the Consultation on Church Union. Vatican II documents include a copy of the Directorium Oecumenicum, addresses given by the pope and council observers, a list of invited delegates and observers to the council, liturgical materials, official Vatican news bulletins and press documents, newspaper clippings, and Vatican maps. Post-Vatican II material relates to Dodds' involvement in conferences and other efforts after Vatican II to further the ecumenical mission of the council and move towards the goal of Christian unity, and includes papers from the "Dialogue on Post Council Themes" held in Rome directly after the council in 1965, Dodds' prospectus for a television series documenting reactions from the delegate of observers to the council, materials from the Notre Dame International Conference on "Theological Issues of Vatican II" held in 1966, the agenda for a meeting held between the National Council of Churches and the Vatican Secretary for Christian Unity in 1969, and reports on the National Council of Churches delegation to the Vatican, which document the relationshi between the National Council of Churches and the Roman Catholic Church. National Council of Churches materials include a paper written by Dodds on race relations and the civil rights movement within the church, a consultation with Daedalus Quarterly to discuss the possibility of publishing an ecumenical journal, planning documents, and a copy of the Plan of Union distributed during the ninth meeting of the Consultation on Church Union in 1970. Other materials include Dodds' personal correspondence primarily during his participation at and after Vatican II, his personal notes and diary from his time in Rome, and articles written by Dodds as well as published materials that he collected.
This series is arranged by content type.
Box 1 Folder 1
Vatican II: Directorium Oecumenicum, 1965
Box 1 Folder 2
Vatican II: Ecumenical Council Documents, 1964 -- 1965
Box 1 Folder 3
Vatican II: Fourth Session Addresses by Pope Paul VI, 1965
Box 1 Folder 4
Vatican II: Fourth Session Delegation of Observers Guest Lists, 1965 -- 1966
Box 1 Folder 5
Vatican II: Fourth Session Documentation Centre Conference, 1965-11-10
Box 1 Folder 6
Vatican II: Fourth Session Liturgical Materials, 1965
Box 1 Folder 7
Vatican II: Fourth Session News Bulletins 2 – 20, 1965
Box 1 Folder 8
Vatican II: Fourth Session News Bulletins 21 – 41, 1965
Box 1 Folder 9
Vatican II: Fourth Session Speeches on Behalf of Observers, 1965
Box 1 Folder 10
Vatican II: Official Press Documents from the Centrum Coordinationis Communicationum de Concilio, 1965 -- 1967
Box 1 Folder 11
Vatican II: Newspaper Clippings Photocopied, 1965
Box 1 Folder 12
Vatican II: Newspaper Clippings Originals, 1965
This file is restricted due to physical condition; please use photocopies in Box 1 Folder 11.
Box 1 Folder 13
Vatican II: Vatican Maps, 1965
Box 2 Folder 1
Post-Vatican II: Conversations between National Council of Churches and the Vatican Secretary for Christian Unity, 1969-03
Box 2 Folder 2
Post-Vatican II: Dialogue on Post-Council Themes: How to Implement the Vatican Council, 1965-10-30 -- 1965-11-10
Box 2 Folder 3
Post-Vatican II: Notre Dame University International Conference, 1966
Box 2 Folder 4
Post-Vatican II: Prospectus for a Television Series, 1965
Box 2 Folder 5-7
Post-Vatican II: Reports on NCC Delegation to the Vatican, 1965 -- 1969
Box 2 Folder 8-9
National Council of Churches: Consultation on Church Union, 9th meeting, St. Louis, MO, 1970
Box 2 Folder 10
National Council of Churches: Daedalus Quarterly Journal Consultation, 1964-12-18
Box 2 Folder 11
National Council of Churches: Planning Committee Planning Process, 1962
Box 2 Folder 12
National Council of Churches: Position Paper "Long Range Strategy and Race", 1963
Box 2 Folder 13
Articles and Reprints, 1964 -- 1970
Box 2 Folder 14-15
Correspondence, 1965 -- 1974
Box 2 Folder 16
Personal Diary and Notes, 1965-10-14 -- 1965-11-16