Cardinal Newman – Special Supplement Newman speaks as clearly to us today as to his peers in the 19th Century, writes Bishop Fintan Monahan “To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often” – John Henry Newman John Henry Newman will be canonised as a new saint of the Catholic…
Cardinal Newman – Special Supplement John Henry Newman wasnât always an obvious friend of this country, writes Fr Bernard Healy When we look at the beginning of John Henry Newmanâs public life, it would be hard to imagine a less likely friend of the Irish. In 1829, he was an up-and-coming Oxford academic and Anglican…
Cardinal Newman – Special Supplement Newman left Ireland three wonderful gifts, writes Prof. Teresa Iglesias From the age of 50 to 57, Newman tirelessly laboured for a âgreat undertakingâ in Dublin, the establishment of the Catholic University of Ireland. These were the years 1851 to 1858, which as regards personal powers and dedication he describes…
Cardinal Newman – Special Supplement Newman’s canonisation will allow the Church to shine a spotlight on his teaching, Greg Daly is told God, as they say, moves in mysterious ways, and the path that led Fr Ian Ker to become the world’s leading Newman scholar seems to have apparently random divine footprints all over it.…
Cardinal Newman – Special Supplement Newman’s legacy is alive and well at Dublin’s University Church, writes Fr Bill Dailey I can recall vividly the time that I visited Assisi: I knew from my first steps in the city that I was walking in a place where undeniably holy people – towering saints, Francis and Clare…
Cardinal Newman – Special Supplement St John Henry Newmanâs first Catholic sermon was in a celebrated Irish church in Rome, writes Fr MÃchéal MacCraith As the date for Blessed John Henry Newmanâs canonisation on October 13 draws near, it is opportune to recall that he preached his first sermon as a Roman Catholic in the…
Cardinal Newman – Special Supplement St John Henry Newman was in many ways the first father of the second Vatican council, writes Greg Daly It could credibly be argued that the first seeds of the Second Vatican Council were sown on February 2, 1843, when the then-Anglican John Henry Newman preached a sermon in Oxford…
Cardinal Newman – Special Supplement Two of Newmanâs greatest works were dedicated to showing that Christianity is profoundly reasonable, writes Dr Tom Norris When Blessed John Henry Newman (1801-1890) is named by Pope Francis among the saints of the Catholic Church on Sunday, October 13, he will be the first Englishman born since the Reformation…
Cardinal Newman-Special Supplement In September 2010, Pope Benedict XVI visited England to beatify John Henry Newman, praising the saint ahead of and during the beatification Mass Discourse at prayer vigil As you know, Newman has long been an important influence in my own life and thought, as he has been for so many people beyond…
Cardinal Newman- Special Supplement England has a long tradition of martyr saints, whose courageous witness has sustained and inspired the Catholic community here for centuries. Yet it is right and fitting that we should recognise today the holiness of a confessor, a son of this nation who, while not called to shed his blood for…
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