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Ecumenical Handbook

The Catholic Conference released this valuable tool in 1995 and the CCK Ecumenical Committee completed work on this revision in December 2003.

Since its release, the Ecumenical Officers of the four Kentucky dioceses have written six articles, published below as Sunday bulletin inserts.These have been distributed to all Kentucky parishes by Kentucky’s Bishops to affirm their commitment to the principles of ecumenism articulated in the Second Vatican Council’s decree Unitatis Redintegratio and the teaching of our late Holy Father, Pope John Paul II, articulated in his encyclical Ut Unum Sint. The Bishops encourage distribution of these bulletin inserts to all Catholics so that information on the church’s teaching and practice in ecumenical matters may become better known within our dioceses, congregations, and the hearts of our faithful. Autumn 2005 marked the 40th anniversary of Vatican II's decree Nostra Aetate which addresses our relations with other world religions.

Inmate Beliefs and Practices

The Catholic Conference is working to assure prisoners in Kentucky have access to religious and spiritual experiences during their incarceration in prisons and jails. Below are links to individual chapters of the Federal Bureau of Prisons' Technical Reference Manual on Inmate Beliefs and Practices.

Catholic Conference of Kentucky

1042 Burlington Lane

Frankfort, Kentucky 40601

502-875-4345 502-875-2841 Fax cckstaffATccky.org

Last modified: April, 2008