sentences:  From 1962 to 1965, Bishop Tracy attended the Second Vatican Council; on October 24, 1963, he addressed the Council in the name of his fellow American bishops on the subject of racial equality.A year later, in 1966, he published his memoir of the Council, entitled "American Bishop at the Vatican Council".He established a consultative process as an integral part of the diocesan administration, and encouraged the greater participation of the laity in governing the Church.