Immaculate Conception
Vatican II Council Effects

Interior View of Immaculate Conception
Before Vatican II

    In 1967,  there was a meeting of the Roman Catholic Church which was named Vatican II Council.  One of the results of this  meeting was a friendlier and simpler way of church life. Some major changes occurred in the services themselves. For example, previously the mass was said in Latin  and after Vatican II it was changed to vernacular languages, like English, Spanish, and Polish.  Previously, during services the priest would have his back towards the worshipers and after Vatican II the priest would be facing the people whom he was talking to.  In seminaries  and convents, before this change, nuns and priests would punish themselves for impurities.  After this change took place the punishments stopped. The altars of the churches were also changed into more simpler and less ornate altars.  This is shown in the interior pictures of Immaculate Conception before and after the changes took place.

Current Interior View of Church

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