
St. John Henry Newman and the Path of Conversion
These two books together point to a surprising conclusion
These two books together point to a surprising conclusion
‘At heart, Newman was a disciple ...’
Bishop Robert Barron of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, was one of several U.S. bishops who spoke in support of the U.K. bishops’ proposal. The U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly to send a letter to Pope Francis expressing their support.
My friendship with St. John Henry Newman only deepened as I left academia to pursue holiness as a wife, mother and homemaker.
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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.
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