Saint Cardinal John Henry Newman

Newman, our newest Doctor of the Church, and St. Josemaría Escrivá on the Catholic university: knowledge, faith, friendship, and study as prayer.

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In the week of their feasts, St. John Henry Newman and St. Josemaría Escrivá stand side by side as two great founders of universities. Both saw the danger of separating faith from reason, and both answered it with learning, prayer and friendship.

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John Henry Newman called the neglect of angels a modern sin. Let us reflect on the Archangels and Guardian Angels as we near the end of the liturgical year.

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Two Oxford converts, Newman and Hopkins, met setback after setback—yet each saw God's hidden hand at work. Their answer: May God be praised.

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When Jesus proclaimed, “I am the way, the truth and the life,” he identified truth with his very person, rather than with a set of observations or principles.

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St. Monica, St. Augustine, and Newman's sermon on the "mortification of the intellect" offer a timely lens on faith and university life today.

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Newman’s affection for Cicero and other ancient authors, like Aristotle and Virgil, illustrate that he was consistent in his educational ideas.

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Scripture speaks of the fallen angels and of a mysterious figure, the Antichrist, arrayed against God's kingdom in history.

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Lead, Kindly Light. Such are the first words of Newman’s most famous poem, and arguably among the most famous lines he ever penned.

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A comparison of the conversions of St. Ignatius of Loyola and St. John Henry Newman.

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