Texts from The Catechism of the Catholic Church, The Code of Canon Law, and Pope John Paul II (=Class Notes)  @Course Documents1.doc.

1. selections from the Catechism

2. selections from the Code of Canon Law.

3. Pope John Paul II, Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Reconciliatio et Poenitentia/Reconciliation and Penance (1984) On Reconciliation and Penance In The Mission of The Church Today,

4. Motu Propro of Bl. John Paul II: Misericordia Dei (2002) On Certain Aspects of The Celebration of The Sacrament of Penance [warns against abuse of (a) general absolution and (b) penance services in which “only one or two sins” are mentioned]

  “Interview with Fr. Spadaro, SJ” (August, 2013)
  2013_08-Interview_Spadero
Describes Church as a “field hospital” and pleads with confessors to show mercy to the wounded soul.

  “Address to Catholic Physicians” (September 20, 2013)
  2013_08-Catholic_Doctors
Unborn children have the face of Christ, as do the disabled, the elderly, and the infirm.

  “Address to Participants ...Course on the Internal Forum” (2007)
  Ben16_Sacr_Penance
Cites Catechism on responsibilities of confessor to be faithful to Church teaching and to strive for holiness

   Ap.Exhortation “Reconciliation and Penance” (1984)
JP2_Reconcil-Penance.doc  (full text in Class Notes)
1984 Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation on the meaning of reconciliation and penance in the life of the Christian, with special emphasis on the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.
   Same Document as above, chapters 31- end, only: JP2_Rec-Pen-31-end.doc.

 Motu Proprio, “Misericordia Dei” (2002)
JP2-Misericordia_Dei.doc  (full text in Class Notes)
2002 Motu Proprio “On Certain Aspects of the Celebration of the Sacrament of Penance”, particularly general absolution.

  Address “to Participants ...Course on the Internal Forum” [Purif./Illum./Union] (2004)
  JP2_Pen-Pur-Illum-Union
Uses mystical categories of purgation, illumination and union to highlight effect of Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation.

   “On Certain Questions Regarding the Collaboration ...” (1997)
CDF-Collaboration-Unction
On appropriate and problematic collaboration in ministry.  Note especially concern regarding the priest as the minister of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick.  No laymen are to anoint the sick with the Oil of the Sick or any other oil.

   “Prayers for Healing” (2000)
CDF-Prayers for Healing
On the use and misuse of prayers and liturgies for healing.

   “On ...Misericordia Dei” (2002)
CDF_on_Misericordia_Dei
Reiteration from of historical and doctrinal basis for avoiding: [A] inappropriate (and forbidden) use of general absolution; [B] written lists of sins (§2) or [C] naming only a few or "representative" sins (§6). 

   “Circular Letter Concerning the Integrity of the Sacrament of Penance” (2000)
CDW-Integr_Pen_Gen-Abs.doc
Letter from the Congregation of Divine Worship stressing the need to conform to the norms of the Roman Ritual in regard to communal celebrations of the sacrament of penance and reconciliation: priests are particularly urged to avoid: [A] inappropriate (and forbidden) use of general absolution; [B] written lists of sins (§2) or [C] naming only a few or "representative" sins (§6). 

   Indulgences and our Spiritual Life

   God’s Gift of Forgiveness: A Pastoral Exhortation on the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation (2013)

   Reconciled to Right Relationships
on the communal and social dimensions of sin and reconciliation (2013)

   Bulletin Insert on the Sacrament of Penance.
Contains text of "God's Gift of Forgiveness" and brief summary of how to go to confession (2013)

   Sample Homilies on the Sacrament of Penance (2013)

   Reconciliation, A Short Guide. Brochure for use by penitent.  Rather "old style" without biblical reading or concluding responsory (2013)

    Questions and Answers on the Sacrament of Penance (2013)

     Pretot-healing.doc
 The History, thology, and pastoral practice of the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick

“The Confession of The Father and The Reconciliation of The Son,” by Silvano Petrosino, (Confession as the joyful and necessary exercise of human freedom)

“Homesickness for God. Adrienne Von Speyr’s Confession,” by Georg Batzing

    Emot_&_Sp.doc
  Articles by Jane Goerss, Ph.D on emotions spirituality, and forgiveness.

Soul-friend
Article on the Celtic tradition of soul-friendship and the development of the Sacrament of Penance and Reconciliation by Diarmuid O’Laoghaire, SJ

    Confession Selections

    Schieler (.DOC)  Schieler (PDF).  Standard, early twentieth-century textbook on the Sacrament of Penance.  Predates 1918 Code of Canon Law, but illustrates issues of pastoral concern in the late nineteenth-century.

    Ch.16 Reconciliation/Anointing (.DOC) 

    Balthasar on Penance.doc
Selections from A Theology of History, and The Glory of The Lord.

v. 2, § 3 Personal and Sacramental Piety

v. 2, § 4 Forgotten Truths Concerning The Sacrament of Penance

v. 2, § 5 Remarks on the Theology of Indulgences

v. 2, § 9 Guilt and its Remission: The Borderland Between Theology and Psychotherapy

v. 3, § 1 Reflections on the Problem of the Gradual Ascent to Christian Perfection

v. 3, § 13 The Meaning of Frequent Confession of Devotion

v. 3, § 14 Problems Concerning Confession

v. 3, § 15 The Apostolate of Prayer

v. 3, § 18 The Consecration of the Layman to the Care of Souls

v. 7, § 25 Proving Oneself in Time of Sickness

v. 7, § 26 On Christian Dying

v. 10, § 7 Penance as an Additional Act of Reconciliation With The Church

v. 10, § 8 A Brief Theological Study on Indulgence

v. 10, § 9 On The Official Teaching of the Church Today on the Subject of Indulgences

v. 10, § 10 Marriage as a Sacrament

v. 17, § 8 Mystical Experience and Mystical Theology

v. 17, § 9 The Liberty of the Sick, Theologically Considered

v. 18, § 12 Experience of the Holy Spirit

v. 18, § 14 Christian Dying

v. 21, § 19 Reconciliation and Vicarious Representation

v. 23, § 19 The Status of the Sacrament Of Reconciliation

Pope Paul VI - “Humanae Vitae”
Humanae_VitaeSmith_2.doc
Latin and English texts of Humanae Vitae

Pope John Paul II: “Veritatis Splendor”
JP2_Veritatis_SplendorEng.doc
Encyclical of Pope John Paul II on moral theology.

Pope John Paul II - “Reflections on Humanae Vitae”
JP2AudHumVit84.doc
Daily Audiences given July-November, 1984, commenting on “Humanae Vitae”

Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace : Compendium of the Social Doctrine of the Church
2004_compend_soc-teachings.doc
A compilation of the social teachings of the Catholic Church

 SCDF - “Reception of Communion by Divorced”
SCDFReception_of_Communion_by_Divorced.doc
SCDF - “On the Reception of Holy Communion by Divorced-and-Remarried Catholics”

 SCDF  - “Persona Humana” - Sexual Ethics
SCDFPersona_HumanaSexual_EthicsL_E.doc
SCDF - “Persona Humana” (Sexual Ethics), Latin and English.

 SCDF - “Vatican Guidelines on Homosexuality”
SCDF_Pastoral_Care_Homosexual_Person.doc
SCDF, “On the Pastoral Care of the Homosexual Person”, English tr.with Latin original.

 Discussion of Vatican Guidelines on Homosexuality
QuinnHomosexuality.doc
Archbishop Quinn (retired, San Francisco) discusses the moral-theological implications of the Vatican Guidelines

 NCCB - “Always Our Children”
NCCB__Always_Our_Children.doc
NCCB document for parents of homosexual persons

 Episcopal and magisterial documents on homosexuality
Homosexuality_Mag_Sel1.doc
Texts for class discussion from the US Catholic Bishops, the SCDF, the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and St. Aelred of Rievaulx.

Texts from The 2006 Meeting of the U.S. Conf. of Catholic Bishops
Contraception and N.F.P.    ; Ministry to Homosexual Persons

 “Vademecum for Confessors on Marriage”
PCFVademecum_on_Marriage.doc
“Vademecum for Confessors Concerning Some Aspects of the Conjugal Life” from the Pontifical Council for the Family

 “In Defense of Natural Law”
NTLWAR2.DOC
Article defending natural law by J.S. Grabowski and M. J.Naughton

 Gregg, “Dignitatis Humanae and the Catholic Human Rights ‘Revolution’”
Human_Rights_and_Dignitatis_Humanae_.doc
Article by Samuel Gregg, “Dignitatis Humanae and the Catholic Human Rights ‘Revolution’: Past Successes, Future Problems”. The author points to serious consequences of shifting a moral/theological focus solely towards the concept of “rights”.

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