Newman’s pursuit of truth felt like a series of failures

Newman’s pursuit of truth felt like a series of failures An undated portrait of St John Henry Newman. Photo: OSV News file/ Crosiers.

In his homily at a packed Sunday Mass in Newman Church St Stephen’s Green, celebrating  St John Henry Newman’s Feast Day, Fr Gary Chamberland, CSC, said the conversion of St John Henry Newman “gave him [Newman] no comfort” and Newman didn’t come from Anglicanism for emotional reasons or a sense of welcome.  “He came because…

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