Mary on the Eve of the Second Vatican Council

John C. Cavadini is professor of theology at the University of Notre Dame and editor of Explorations in the Theology of Benedict XVI (2013) and Who Do You Say That I Am? (2004), both published by the University of Notre Dame Press.Danielle M. Peters, S.T.D., is a member of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Sisters of Mary. She serves as president of the Mariological Society of America, and as the moderator of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement in Dallas, Texas. She is the author of Ecce Educatrix Tua: The Role of the Blessed Virgin Mary for a Pedagogy of Holiness in the Thought of John Paul II and Father Joseph Kentenich.

"The current histories of Vatican II offer different assessments of the council's Marian doctrine. This book provides an in-depth exploration of the various currents in Mariology in the decades prior to Vatican II. I do not know of any book that offers as much detail as this one. It also provides very helpful presentations of the Marian doctrines of major ressourcement theologians such as Yves Congar, Karl Rahner, Henri de Lubac, and Louis Bouyer." —Robert Fastiggi, Sacred Heart Major Seminary"This book provides an in-depth exploration of the various currents in Mariology in the decades prior to Vatican II. I don't know of any book that provides as much detail as this one." —Robert Fastiggi, Sacred Heart Major Seminary"[T]he papers are really an invitation for broader study of Mary's place during the advent of Vatican II…Graduate students and seminarians will take away much, but so will those generally interested in Marian piety, from pastors to bloggers." –Catholic Library World"Fifty years after the Second Vatican Council, this is a welcome opportunity to reflect on that Council's teaching on Mary as central to the Church. This collection will become indispensable reading for every serious Catholic and even non-Catholic Mariologist. I can well imagine professors selecting it as a textbook for classes on Mariology and perhaps even on the Second Vatican Council." —Emery de Gaál, University of St. Mary of the Lake"This volume is an important contribution to the field of Mariology that re-orients us to the theological and historical context in which the eighth chapter of Lumen Gentium was written. Cavadini and Peters ought to be commended for this invitation to recapture the wisdom of this Marian Age before the Council in order to allow it to bear fruit today." —Reading Religion"The introduction from John C. Cavadini is outstanding." —Liturgical Catechesis

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by John C. CavadiniPart 1. Historical Highlights1. Sign and Source of the Church: Mary in the Ressourcement and at Vatican II by Brian E. Daley, S.J.2. Recovering Mary's Faith and Her Role in the Church by Thomas A. Thompson, S.M.3. From Epinal to Plateau D'Assy: Religious Art and the Marian Century by Johann G. Roten, S.M.Part 2. Ressourcement Theologians and Response4. "A Very Considerable Place in the Mystery of Christ and the Church"?: Yves Congar on Mary by Christopher Ruddy5. Mary and the Holy Spirit in the 1950s: Presaging Lumen Gentium by Matthew Levering6. Karl Rahner's Marian "Minimalism" by Peter Joseph Fritz7. Catholica Mater: The Marian Insights of Henri de Lubac by Troy A. Stefano8. Mariology as Theological Anthropology: Louis Bouyer on Mary, Seat of Wisdom by Michael HeintzPart 3. Marian Modalities in the Church9. A Pondering Heart: The Immaculate Conception and the Sorrowful Mother in the Theology of Basil Moreau by Kevin Grove, C.S.C.10. Remembering 1854 in 1958: O'Connor's Edited Collection on the Immaculate Conception as a "Sign of the Times" by Ann W. Astell11. Anthropological and Pedagogical Implications of Mariology in the Thought of Joseph Kentenich by Danielle M. Peters12. Virgin of Mercy: The Marian Profile in Twentieth-Century Catholicism by Peter Casarella13. Mary and the Contemplatives: Thomas Merton by Lawrence S. CunninghamPart 4. Epilogue: Pastoral Reflections14. Mary and the Church Today by James H. Phalan, C.S.C.List of ContributorsIndex