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Thursday, October 31, 2019

The Saint and the Hero: Newman's Journey

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O  AGED  Saint! far off I heard     The praises of thy name;— Thy deed of power, thy prudent word,     Thy zeal's triumphant fla...
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

The Triduum of the Dead

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Tomorrow is Halloween--All Hallow's Eve--and the Liturgical Arts Journal has a post from the publisher of a prayer booklet for the da...
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Tuesday, October 29, 2019

The Decollation of Sir Walter Raleigh

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The History website tells us why Sir Walter Raleigh was beheaded on October 29, 1618: He was a celebrated soldier, a hero on land and se...
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Monday, October 28, 2019

A Hidden Head of St. Christopher

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When old Catholic churches that are now Church of England parishes are renovated and restored, some surprises may occur. The parish church...
Wednesday, October 23, 2019

Frederick Apthorp Paley and Father John Morris

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I posted yesterday the story of Father John Morris, SJ, a convert to Catholicism influenced by Newman and other Anglicans becoming Catho...
Tuesday, October 22, 2019

"Render to God the things that are God's."

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John Hungerford Pollen, SJ appropriately wrote the biography of Father John Morris, SJ, for the Catholic Encyclopedia : Canon, afterward...
Monday, October 21, 2019

Confessions, Surprises, and Apologies

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On Saturday evening last,   Jessica Hooten Wilson , Associate Professor at John Brown University, presented "'Maddened Beauty...
Sunday, October 20, 2019

Father George Rutler on Saint John Henry Newman

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Father George Rutler, who presented at a Newman School of Catholic Thought at the Newman Center in 1995 (the 150th anniversary of Saint J...
Saturday, October 19, 2019

A Pause for Lewis and Eighth Day Books

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As I continue to observe my personal Octave of celebrating Newman's canonization, I make brief pause to consider one of the leaders of...
Friday, October 18, 2019

Newman the Briton: Saint John Henry Newman

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Note that The Catholic Herald will have another issue highlighting Newman's canonization, reactions to it, and the celebrations ther...