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Decree on the Apostolate of the Laity

Lay people, together with the clergy, bear co-responsibility for the work of the Church, its renewal, and its future. Despite nearly two thousand years of "lay participation" in the ministry of the Church, it was not until this council in the mid-twentieth century that this role was examined, affirmed, and expanded.

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Bill Huebsch

Bill Huebsch is an author, theologian, former director of religious education, and long-time Catholic publishing professional. He is also a husband, a widely-published and award-winning author, a gardener, a university professor, and a pretty qualified corkscrew operator. He has been a farmer, a marketing director, arts administrator, director of religious education, and diocesan administrator. Bill has published nearly thirty books as well as numerous articles, booklets, and screenplays.

Bill is the founder of the online Pastoral Center and past president of Twenty-Third Publications. Bill writes and teaches extensively on the catechetical mission of the Church and on the importance of continuing to implement the vision of the Second Vatican Council.