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2 days ago · St. John Henry Newman was a Catholic priest, thinker, writer and life-long educator. Before he began to write he had done a lot of reading and study of the classic authors, something which he continued to do for the rest of his life. As a college undergraduate, he wrote his first articles and as a young professor and clergyman he began writing ...
2 days ago · John Henry Newman's sermons were an attempt at that higher language. Divine reality, complex human experience, powerful use of the English language, an integrated philosophical system, and love for his listener were combined by Newman into food for the whole person.
2 days ago · "Lead, Kindly Light, Amid the encircling gloom" is a hymn with words written in 1833 by Saint John Henry Newman as a poem titled "the Pillar of the Cloud", which was first published in the British Magazine in 1834, and republished in Lyra Apostolica in 1836.
1 day ago · St. John Henry Newman described conscience as “a messenger of him who ... speaks to us behind a veil.” It is nothing less than God’s voice, helping us to choose right over wrong. The roller ...
4 days ago · Newman and Vatican II George Weigel April 15, 2015 0 That Blessed John Henry Newman was one of the great influences on Vatican II is “a commonplace,” as Newman’s biographer, Father Ian Ker ...
5 days ago · In England the drive for the independence of the state church was a feature of the Oxford Movement, led by John Henry Newman (1801–90) in 1833. That movement, unique in Protestant history, asserted its independence by emphasizing all the Catholic elements in the Protestant heritage and came close to repudiating the Protestant tradition.
2 days ago · He led young people in a massive unforgettable night vigil of adoration of the Blessed Sacrament in London’s Hyde Park, and he beatified John Henry Newman in a glorious Mass at Cofton Park on the outskirts of Birmingham.
