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- Episode 10 -- St John Henry Newman, Apostle to the Doubtful -- Later Years: Reaction and Counter-Reaction9 min
- 11 min
- Episode 8 -- St John Henry Newman, Apostle to the Doubtful -- Later Years: Ordination and the Oratory11 min
- Episode 7 -- St John Henry Newman, Apostle to the Doubtful -- Early Years: Development of Christian Doctrine14 min
- 13 min
- Episode 5 -- St John Henry Newman, Apostle to the Doubtful-- The Early Years: Italy and the Oxford Movement12 min
- Episode 4 -- St John Henry Newman, Apostle to the Doubtful -- The Early Years: Early Education in the Anglican Church
Where was St John Henry educated?
After his private boarding school, he went to Oxford. Newman's time at Oxford shaped the rest of his life. Through the people he met, he was directed towards his life's mission as an educator and father of souls.
13 min - Episode 3 -- St John Henry Newman, Apostle to the Doubtful -- The Early Years: Search for the Truth
When did St John Henry Newman experience a profound first conversion?
In 1816, during his summer vacation. Due to his father's failed business, St John Henry had to stay at his boarding school during the summer. Through reading, conversations, and prayer, Newman's life was transformed that summer. He was only fifteen. He became convinced of the presence and reality of God and his own soul. He began to love the Athanasian Creed. The religious direction of his life was set.
15 min - Episode 2 -- St John Henry Newman, Apostle to the Doubtful -- The Early Years: A Man of the Nineteenth Century
When did Newman live?
The nineteenth century. Born in 1801, Newman died in 1890. He witnessed great intellectual changes. One of the keys to Newman's writings is his effort to explain the relationship between faith and reason. How can we believe what we cannot fully understand? How can we believe what we cannot prove? St John Henry wanted to defend the value of the faith of the most simple believer. He wanted to show how faith in Christ is reasonable and mysterious.
16 min - Episode 1 -- St John Henry Newman, Apostle to the Doubtful -- The Early Years: A Turning Point
When did St John Henry become a Catholic?
This small book is Meriol Trevor and Leonie Caldecott's little biography of St John Henry Newman. Newman is being proposed as a Doctor of the Church by bishops from all over the world. His image is used by this prayer group as their logo. His life and teachings will inspire us.
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St Philip Neri in the 16th century would gather those each day who were desirous of seeking Christian perfection. He would read from a spiritual book and then discourse on the meaning of what was…
read. This podcast (and the nightly prayer group from which it springs) seeks to carry on St Philip’s method of helping people become holy, even saints, in their own homes.