Cardinal John Henry Newman
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Prayer for Canonization of Newman: "God our Father, you granted to your servant Blessed John Henry Newman wonderful gifts of nature and of grace..."
Newman was an Anglican clergyman and teacher at Oxford University. Founder of the Oxford Movement he eventually became a Catholic in 1845. Soon afterwards he was ordained a Catholic priest and started the English Oratory of St. Philip Neri.
Newman, a prolific writer of English prose, was an educator and the founder of the Catholic University of Ireland. Pope Leo XIII made him a cardinal in 1879. Pope Benedict XVI beatified him in Birmingham, England on September 19, 2010.
Jesus Ascends to Heaven, the First of Our Race ~ Card Newman
Connection between Oxford and Paris ~ Card. Newman
My Lord and My God ~ Card. Newman
Temples of the Holy Ghost ~ Card. Newman
The Cross of Christ, the Measure of the World ~ Card. Newman
Teresa Tomeo discusses with the author Newman's call for an educated laity on Catholic Connection.
Mary Moran discusses with Fr. Vélez Newman's teaching on Conscience on San Diego Catholic Radio.
This site has some articles published in journals and other articles posted on the web on various aspects of Cardinal Newman's life and writings.
Blessed John Henry Newman meditated on the profound significance of today’s Solemnity of the Ascension into Heaven of Our Lord. He pointed out the connection between the Incarnation and Christ’s glorified humanity taken up to the right hand of the Father. It is Christ’s Triumph after the Cross. The Ascension is “is the completion of [...]
Today most universities, especially in large cities, have foreign students and teachers, but the extent to which this happened in the Medieval Universities was remarkable given the mode of travel and economic circumstances of that period of history. Newman recounts how the desire and commitment to learning was the impetus for this exchange of students [...]
(2) God Alone Thomas says to Him, “My Lord and my God.” Blessed John Henry Newman adores Jesus with sentiments similar to those of the Apostle Thomas, considering God’s love for man manifest in the Incarnation and Passion of the Son of God. Having meditated on the Sacred Passion of Our Lord and his sacred wounds, [...]
(1) The Temples of the Holy Ghost Blessed John Henry has some beautiful sermons on the Resurrection of Our Lord in his Parochial and Plain Sermons, vol 6. In Meditations and Devotions he offers a few short meditations on the Resurrection. He begins by reflecting on the condescension of the Eternal Son of God to assume the [...]
The Cross of Christ, the Measure of the World Parochial and Plane Sermons, Vol. 6 In this sermon Blessed John Henry Newman counsels us to take a deeper look at the world and the meaning of life, and to find in Christ the answer to its questions. He bids us to accept suffering in the [...]
Prayer for Canonization of Newman
Chapel in Birmingham
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Desk at Birmingham
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