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10, 2019
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10, 2019
Opening of the Cardinal Newman Museum
For information about visiting the Museum of St John Henry Cardinal Newman, see here.
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10, 2019
Salve Fundator, Pater et Magister
Some saints stand alone. We appreciate their heroism without reference to their antecedents. Think of St Teresa of Calcutta. We recall her loving care for the poorest of the poor before we remember that she was Albanian. Or Padre Pio. We remember that he was a mystic and a stigmatist before we think of which branch of the Franciscans [...]
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10, 2019
The Canonisation of Our Cardinal
On Sunday, 13 October 2019, Cardinal Newman was canonised by Pope Francis at St Peter's Square. In addition to the canonisation itself, the occasion was celebrated with a vigil of prayer and celebratory concert at the Papal Basilica of St Mary Major, a Musical Oratory at the Chiesa Nuova and a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Archbasilica of St [...]
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10, 2019
A Long Discipleship
Preached by the Father at the Solemn Pontifical Mass of Thanksgiving celebrated by His Eminence, Cardinal Nichols at the London Oratory on Thursday, 17 October. Divine providence helped John Henry Newman to follow Saint Philip's Neri's admonition to those who wished to become holy: be humble and stay low. After The Parting of Friends in 1843, Mr Newman was no [...]