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> > Quite so; but its function has been restored by Vatican II. > > > > Oriens. > > Correction, Oriens! > Vatican II didn't restore the Easter Vigil. It was Pius XII who > ordened the > restauration of the Easter Vigil But the catechumenate was restored by Vatican II: "The catechumenate for adults, comprising several distinct steps, is to be restored and brought into use at the discretion of the local ordinary" - Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy (Sacrosanctum Concilium, 4 Dec. 1963), para. 64. The Vigil cannot function for the initiation of catechumens unless there are catechumens to initiate; it is to this restoration that I refer. Oriens. ____________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.co.uk address at http://mail.yahoo.co.uk or your free @yahoo.ie address at http://mail.yahoo.ie %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%