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Why Newman matters to us
Editorial:
01.09.19
A time to rejoice: John Henry Newman is honoured as a saint. The Church in our country needs an opportunity to celebrate and give thanks…we too often remind ourselves of the problems, challenges, and difficulties that we face, along with reminders that many (most?) of these are self-inflicted. October’s ceremonies and celebrations in Rome for the canonisation are a time to remind ourselves of the many blessings God has sent, and is sending, to the Church in Britain.
God in Tolkien’s ‘Middle Earth’ epic
Article:
01.09.19
God in Tolkien’s ‘Middle Earth’ epic
Philip vander Elst explores themes in J.R.R. Tolkien’s work
The single most important fact about ourselves, as human beings, is that we are creatures made in the image of God, our Creator. By creating an imaginary world, and imaginative beings like elves, and dwarves, and goblins, the writer of a ‘fairy story’ therefore takes on a subordinate but godlike role, acting as a ‘sub-creator’.
Anglican Patrimony: A Perspective from the Holy See
Article:
01.09.19
Anglican Patrimony: A Perspective from the Holy See
Archbishop J. Augustine Di Noia, OP
Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith
In 2011 Pope Benedict XVI invited groups of Anglicans to come into full communion with the Catholic Church, bringing with them their own traditions. This established the Orfinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham in Britain, and linked ordinariates in North America and Australia. Archbishop DiNoia addressed liturgical aspects of the Ordinariates at a conference in Oxford in 2018.
The Luminous Mysteries – meditations
Article:
01.09.19
The Sorrowful Mysteries – meditations
We continue our series of meditations, drawn from the workds of John Henry Newman, on the Mysteries of the Rosary. These meditations have been compiled by a Sister of St Cecilia’s Abbey, Ryde, Isle of Wight.
Interview: Newman’s biographer
Article:
01.09.19
Interview: Newman’s biographer
Joanna Bogle talks to Fr Ian Ker
Littlemore, Oxford, in summer sunshine. The collection of small cottage buildings that John Henry Newman acquired as a retreat, and where he was received into the Catholic Church now has a new significance. Littlemore is both a shrine to Newman and a place of study. It is run by the sisters of The Work, who welcome visitors and care for the library which houses a major collection of books by and about Newman. His chapel is preserved and Mass is said there regularly.
