Very various are the Saints, their very variety is a token of God’s workmanship; but however various, and whatever was their special line of duty, they have been heroes in it; they have attained such noble self-command, they have so crucified the flesh, they have so renounced the world; they are so meek,…

The Temple is greater than the gold; therefore care not though the gold be away: - it sanctifies it; therefore cherish the gold while it is present. Christ is with us, though there be no outward show… Stone walls do not make a Church.

In the Apostolic Letter Novo Millennio Ineunte, Pope John Paul II lists some priorities for pastoral care in the new millennium. Above all he recalls the vocation of all Christians to holiness. “First of all, I have no hesitation in saying that all pastoral initiatives must be set in relation to holiness”. A modern guide to holiness is John Henry Newman.

Pope Benedict XVI will visit England and Scotland on a four-day state visit from 16-19 September 2010.

On 19th September his Holiness will also visit the West Midlands to beatify Cardinal John Henry Newman at Birmingham (Cofton Park)…

Sr. Kathleen Dietz, FSO

“Such were the thoughts concerning the ‘Blessed Vision of Peace,’ of one whose long-continued petition had been that the Most Merciful would not despise the work of His own Hands, nor leave him to himself;-while yet his eyes were dim, and his breast laden, and he could but employ Reason in the things of Faith” (Dev., 445).

I. Introduction

It’s no secret that the Catholic Church has been rocked with scandals over the past several years. Nor is it a secret that the media has enjoyed a heyday of scandal-mongering and Pope-bashing. Nonetheless, a recent

October 22nd to October 24th 2010
in Washington Theological Union, Washington D.C.

Discover two prominent, radical innovators of their time, John Henry Newman (19th century) and Bl. John Duns Scotus (13th/14th century).

Stay with me, and then I shall begin to shine as you shine:

so to shine as to be a light to others.

The light, O Jesus, will be all from you.

“The Idea of University - Revisited”

Conference to commemorate the Beatification of John Henry Newman

Thursday, 16 September 2010 - 9:00am
To Sunday, 19 September 2010 - 5:00pm
Every day

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Our tongues must preach Him, and our voices sing of Him, and our knees adore Him, and our hands supplicate Him, and our heads bow before Him, and our countenances beam of Him, and our gait herald Him. And hence arise joint worship, forms of prayer, ceremonies of devotion, the course of services, orders of ministers, holy vestments, solemn music, and other things of a like nature ; all which are, as it…

The Primacy of God in the Life
and Writings of Blessed John Henry Newman

22-23 November 2010
Aula Magna
Pontifical Gregorian University
Piazza della Pilotta, 4 00187 Rome

organised by the International Centre of Newman Friends in cooperation with the Theological Faculty of the Pontifical Gregorian University.

John Henry Newman (1801-1890), who will be declared blessed by Pope Benedict XVI on 19 September 2010, is one of the most profound Christian thinkers of modern times and continues to touch the minds and consciences of people today.