Category Archives: Cardinal Newman

Don’t ‘Make the Mistake of Separating Intellect and Virtue’

April 12, 2012 – 1:16 pm

A popular notion in many universities today is that smart students make for virtuous graduates, but the president of Catholic University of America is arguing that the “arrow between intellect and virtue travels in a different direction”. In an article penned for Our Sunday Visitor, John Garvey draws upon the wisdom and arguments of Blessed John [...]

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Author Cites Blessed Cardinal Newman in Argument for Conscience

March 8, 2012 – 3:11 pm

Author Stephanie A. Mann wrote an excellent piece on Catholic Exchange arguing for conscience protections against the HHS contraceptive mandate. Mann notes that both sides in the debate use the term “conscience.” In her piece, she uses the words of Blessed John Henry Newman to show why a true understanding of conscience is imperative to [...]

By Matthew Archbold | Also posted in Religious Liberty | Comments Off

Building the Perfect College? Don’t Forget God

December 16, 2011 – 10:34 am

How to build the perfect college is a question that’s plagued thinkers and saints (not mutually exclusive) from Plato to John Henry Cardinal Newman and is the heart of a great piece by Father C.J. McCloskey in Crisis Magazine. This is obviously a great concern for Father McCloskey as he sits on the Cardinal Newman Society’s [...]

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New Book Highlights Blessed John Henry Newman’s Writings on Virgin Mary

November 2, 2011 – 11:08 am

Paulist Press recently published a book by Reverend Peter M.J. Stravinskas called “What Mary Means to Christians:  An Ancient Tradition Explained.” The book in Fr. Stravinskas’ words is “an apologetical work, for the most part” that ends each meditation with some thoughts from the great English convert of the nineteenth century, Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman. [...]

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Newman’s ‘Idea of a University’ More Important than Ever

October 11, 2011 – 1:24 pm

Last Sunday, October 9, was Blessed John Henry Newman’s second feast day (approved for the Oratories of St. Philip Neri), and it serves as a reminder for The Cardinal Newman Society (CNS) of the importance of his vision for strong Catholic identity in higher education. Blessed Newman was beatified in England by Pope Benedict XVI on September [...]

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Newman Advocated Well-Rounded Religious Knowledge for Catholics

August 23, 2011 – 3:22 pm

At Catholic Culture, Dr. Jeff Mirus ponders over some important passages from Blessed John Henry Newman’s Idea of a University regarding what general knowledge about the faith Catholics should possess. Dr. Mirus writes: I’m still proceeding bit by bit through Newman’s The Idea of a University. Most recently, I was particularly impressed by what the great [...]

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Register Praises Videos for CNS Newman Legacy Project

July 13, 2011 – 4:28 pm

The “cultural fire” touched off by the life of Blessed John Henry Newman and influencing American art and education is a “Newman Renaissance,” according to National Catholic Register correspondent Dan Lord. Lord writes that this Renaissance “burns especially bright in the efforts of four organizations: Corpus Christi Watershed, the Cardinal Newman Society, the National Institute for Newman Studies [...]

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Expert Attorney: No Sex Discrimination in Single-Sex Dorms at Catholic University

July 12, 2011 – 10:02 am

In light of a pending lawsuit against The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC — claiming that its move toward single-sex residence halls is sex discrimination under the Distict of Columbia Human Rights Law — The Cardinal Newman Society today released a legal memo prepared by Dale Schowengerdt, an attorney at the Alliance Defense Fund, [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Ex corde Ecclesiae, Leadership and Governance, Newman Guide, Religious Liberty, Strong Catholic Identity, Student Life, Uncategorized | Comments Off

You Can’t Be a University If You Stray Far From Newman’s Principles, Says Fr. Ker

May 25, 2011 – 10:56 am

Fr. Ian Ker, Oxford don and expert on Blessed John Henry Newman, delivered a talk last month at The Catholic University of America on “Newman’s Idea of a University — Some Misunderstandings.”  From the CUA article: In his book, Newman wrote that liberal education was the principal goal of a university. Newman’s definition of a liberal [...]

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Westminster Abp Adresses European Bishops on Newman’s Educational Vision

February 2, 2011 – 2:30 pm

ZENIT reports that a European bishops’ congress on pastoral work in universities was attended by delegates from various countries, inclluding representatives from the Vatican’s Congregation for Catholic Education and the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers. Archbishop Vincent Nichols of Westminster delivered an address, ZENIT reports, on Blessed Cardinal Newman’s vision for education. The prelate noted that Newman, [...]

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Preview into New Book on Blessed Cardinal Newman

February 2, 2011 – 2:05 pm

Franciscan University of Steubenville has announced that it will be holding a series of lectures on “The Christian Personalism od Blessed John Henry Newman” during this spring 2011 semester. The series will be delivered by FUS philosophy professor John F. Crosby.  The individual lectures will be previews into a book Dr. Crosby is currently writing [...]

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Pope Recalls Blessed Cardinal Newman’s ‘grace of conversion’ During Youth

November 22, 2010 – 11:29 am

The Vatican issued this announcement this morning about Pope Benedict XVI’s message to the organizer of the symposium on Blessed Cardinal Newman being held in Rome: MESSAGE FROM THE POPE FOR SYMPOSIUM ON CARDINAL NEWMAN   VATICAN CITY, 22 NOV 2010 (VIS) – Benedict XVI has written a Message to Fr. Hermann Geissler F.S.O., director of the International Centre [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Pope Benedict XVI | Comments (1)

Blessed Newman and the Idea of a University

November 16, 2010 – 11:22 am

The Center for Catholic Studies at Seton Hall University is presenting “Blessed John Henry Cardinal Newman and the Idea of a University” tomorrow evening.  The event is open to the public.  From SHU’s press releease: James Joyce considered John Henry Cardinal Newman the finest writer of prose in the English language. Msgr. Richard M. Liddy, [...]

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“Who is Blessed John Henry Newman?”

November 10, 2010 – 4:27 pm

Franciscan University of Steubenville is hosting a symposium this weekend  (11/13) titled “Who is Blessed John Henry Newman?”  From the press release: The great English intellectual and cleric has been much in the news of late. On September 19, Pope Benedict XVI concluded his visit to England by beatifying Newman, holding him up to the [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Newman Guide | Comments (1)

Pope Benedict’s October Prayer Intention for Catholic Universities

October 1, 2010 – 10:12 am

With joy we note that Pope Benedict XVI’s general prayer intention for the month of October is for Catholic universities.  VATICAN CITY, 30 SEP 2010 (VIS) – Pope Benedict’s general prayer intention for October is: “That Catholic universities may more and more be places where, in the light of the Gospel, it is possible to experience the [...]

By CNS Staff | Also posted in Ex corde Ecclesiae, Pope Benedict XVI | Comments (5)
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