Our patron St. John Henry Newman was a scholar, convert, theologian, priest, and cardinal—but through it all, he was an educator. Cor ad cor loquitur (“Heart speaks to heart”) was his motto, and he believed strongly that “personal influence” is the best means of teaching the truths of our Catholic faith. He founded the famous Oratory School of Birmingham, England, and his Idea of a University and University Sketches helped define the Catholic university. The Newman Society led the official American pilgrimages to England for Newman’s beatification in 2010 and also attended his canonization in Rome in 2019.
See also: Faith and Reason, Mission and Catholic Identity
Commentary
Video
Rome Reports featured The Cardinal Newman Society’s pilgrimage to Rome for the canonization of St. John Henry Newman. You can read the transcript at RomeReports.com or watch the full video below:
Audio
- Newman Society President Patrick Reilly, Vatican Insider, EWTN Radio, Host Joan Lewis, Interview Part 1, Topics: What inspired Reilly to begin The Cardinal Newman Society and why he chose Cardinal John Henry Newman as a patron for the organization (2019/10/26).
- Newman Society President Patrick Reilly, Vatican Insider, EWTN Radio, Host Joan Lewis, Interview Part 2, Topics: The work, outreach and challenges of The Cardinal Newman Society, the experience of attending Newman’s canonization in Rome, and the importance of Newman today (2019/11/02).
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External Articles
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The Cardinal Newman Society’s soon-to-be canonized patron (The Arlington Catholic Herald, 2019/10/9)
- How America embraced Newman (The Catholic Herald, 2019/9/19)