
John Henry Newman Is a Saint for the Homemaker
My friendship with St. John Henry Newman only deepened as I left academia to pursue holiness as a wife, mother and homemaker.
My friendship with St. John Henry Newman only deepened as I left academia to pursue holiness as a wife, mother and homemaker.
COMMENTARY: Incorporating noteworthy contributions from Catholics, the Church of England provided a model to all Christians for how funerals ought to be conducted.
Within a year, four Church of England bishops became Catholic — a decision rooted both in discipleship of Jesus Christ and a realization that corporate unity between Catholicism and Anglicanism was becoming impossible.
Newman’s conversion opened the floodgates for a new tidal wave of converts, all of whom entered the Church in the wake of his counter-cultural act of faith.
The program will include readings from works by Newman and the poet John Donne, who was born into a Catholic family in the 16th century but became a Church of England cleric.
Scholar and author holds inaugural St. John Henry Newman Visiting Chair in Catholic Studies.
COMMENTARY: St. John Henry Newman’s fervent devotion to Jesus Christ comes across in his writings, which can help set young adults on the narrow path to heaven.
COMMENTARY: Some thoughts on whether such changes would constitute authentic doctrinal development or represent a corruption of previous doctrine.
Long before St. John Henry Newman became Catholic, his belief in Marian dogmas was firmly in place.
The Catholic convert joins four holy women in sainthood.
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