
Category: Newman Today
Newman High: More Lessons for Secondary Teachers
By Vincent and Rebecca Vaccaro | Nov 18, 2020 | Education, Newman Today | 0
Newman and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius...
By Joanna Bullivant | Nov 2, 2020 | History, Newman Today, Theology | 0
It is Better for Sun and Moon to Drop from Heaven
By David Mills | Sep 11, 2020 | Newman Today | 0
Newman High: Some Notes on Newman for Secondary Ed...
By John Thompson | Aug 11, 2020 | Education, Newman Today | 0
Newman’s Model for Defending the Church: The 1877 ...
By Fr. Nicholas Rouch, STD | Jun 9, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Newman Today | 0
Considering Online Education through Newman’s Principles
by Erika Kidd and Gerriet Suiter | Feb 24, 2021 | Education, Newman Today | 0
Newman’s The Idea of a University outlines his theory and ideal of university education and can offer us some important principles to guide our thinking about the possibilities of online education.
Read MoreNewman High: More Lessons for Secondary Teachers
by Vincent and Rebecca Vaccaro | Nov 18, 2020 | Education, Newman Today | 0
John Thompson’s post entitled “Newman High: Some Notes on Newman for Secondary Educators,” raises some important and timely questions for those teaching at the pre-college levels. We write to share one resource and three additional lessons from Newman that may further help secondary educators strengthen their professional practice.
Read MoreNewman and Elgar’s The Dream of Gerontius
by Joanna Bullivant | Nov 2, 2020 | History, Newman Today, Theology | 0
Composed in 1900, a decade after the Cardinal’s death, Elgar’s Gerontius is not a collaboration but a new interpretation. What, then, did Newman’s poem mean to Elgar, and how did the composer articulate Newman’s vision musically?
Read MoreIt is Better for Sun and Moon to Drop from Heaven
by David Mills | Sep 11, 2020 | Newman Today | 0
It’s one of Newman’s most notorious lines, and a claim I for one wish were untrue:”The Catholic Church holds it better for the sun and moon to drop from heaven, for the earth to fail, and for all the many millions on it to die of starvation in extremest agony
Read MoreNewman High: Some Notes on Newman for Secondary Educators
by John Thompson | Aug 11, 2020 | Education, Newman Today | 0
This month, many teachers like myself will be returning to our classrooms. It will be, like many things right now, challenging and uncertain. While some about our schools will be unfamiliar and new, much will remain the same.
Read MoreNewman’s Model for Defending the Church: The 1877 Preface to the Via Media and Today’s Abuse Crisis
by Fr. Nicholas Rouch, STD | Jun 9, 2020 | Ecclesiology, Newman Today | 0
Often when American Catholics speak about defending the church in our current environment, they wish to defend the church not so much from anti-Catholic bigotry from outside the boundaries of the church (although that’s still afoot)
Read MoreNewman Reading group at Franciscan University of Steubenville: An Interview with Dr. Theodore Harwood
by Daniel Waldow | May 28, 2020 | Education, Newman Today, Philosophy | 0
In celebration of St. John Henry Newman’s canonization in October of 2019, Franciscan University of Steubenville had various events in honor of Newman during the 2019–2020 academic year. One of those events was a faculty group, led by classics professor Dr. Theodore Harwood
Read More“The Fire which Makes Gold Shine”: On Benefiting from Calamity
by Ryan Marr | May 11, 2020 | Newman Today, Theology | 0
This article does not take a firm stance on the question of whether the COVID-19 pandemic should be seen as a chastisement sent by God. If we were to follow John Henry Newman’s lead, we would certainly have to remain open to that idea.
Read More“Lead, Kindly Light”: Trusting God in the Midst of a Pandemic
by Ryan Marr | Mar 30, 2020 | History, Newman Today | 0
One of the most important turning points in John Henry Newman’s life involved contracting an illness (probably typhoid fever) while on a trip to Sicily in 1833. Newman was accompanied on the trip by his best friend, Hurrell Froude, and Froude’s father, Robert.
Read MoreUnlearning the Love of This World: Newman’s Sermons as Spiritual Reading during Lent
by Ryan Marr | Feb 25, 2020 | Newman Today, Spirituality, Theology | 0
If you are anything like me, you have on at least one occasion squandered the holy season of Lent. The Church has established such times on the liturgical calendar so that we might enter more deeply into the mysteries of Christ’s life.
Read More2019: A Year to Remember
by Elizabeth Huddleston | Jan 13, 2020 | Newman Today | 0
2019 was a year to remember for the NINS team: Newman was canonized; NINS officially released the Digital Collections; Spring and Fall events; and much more.
Read MoreA Chapel, a Desk, and One Man’s Saintly Witness – Reflections on the Canonization of John Henry Newman
by Ryan Marr | Nov 20, 2019 | Newman Today | 0
A Chapel, a Desk, and One Man’s Saintly Witness – Reflections on the Canonization of...
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