Tag Archives: Cardinal Newman

Ordinariate Prayers from Bishop Peter Elliott

Noting our discussion of heavenly patronage for the anticipated personal ordinariates, Bishop Peter J. Elliott, the episcopal delegate for Anglicanorum Coetibus in Australia, has written to offer these prayers for the success of the Holy Father's project now circulating in … Continue reading

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William Oddie Responds to John Milbank

When I first read this interview with John Milbank, I confess that I found it mildly annoying.  My emphases, excluding the questions. * * * October marks one year from Anglicanorum Coetibus: how important is the meeting between the Primate Rowan … Continue reading

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Diverging Paths Emerging After Synod?

Br. Stephen of the Cistercian Abbey of Our Lady of Spring Bank has written to offer this summary of recent responses to the outcome of the Church of England's General Synod. * * * It seems we are seeing what may … Continue reading

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This Is No Cause for Satisfaction

Whatever our views may be on the subject of the Ordinariates, and my own convinced view is that they are the only future for those Anglicans who are the natural successors of the Oxford Movement, we should not portray the … Continue reading

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WWDPD (or "What Would Dr. Pusey Do?")

Recent discussions about the post-July situation in the Church of England (something which will inevitably impact greatly on the situation just across the border in the Church in Wales) have highlighted the fact that any comments we might make now are simply … Continue reading

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Propers for the Feast of Blessed John Henry Newman

The Confederation of Oratorians of St. Philip Neri having received approval from the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, the proper texts for the memorial of soon-to-be Blessed John Henry Newman have been published.  Here is the … Continue reading

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Newman, Clifford Longley, Conscience and Contraception

The forthcoming Beatification of John Henry Newman has provided an excellent opportunity for various liberal writers to claim him as their very own, the one whose doctrine of conscience provided opportunity for dissenters from Catholic moral teaching to claim him … Continue reading

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Dealing with Change

Fr. Ed Tomlinson, SSC, parish priest of St. Barnabas, Royal Tunbridge Wells, has written to commend the following piece on the necessity of coming to terms with the understandable — but inevitable — anxieties caused by the advent of the … Continue reading

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The Present Importance of Newman's View of Anglicanism

Fr. George William Rutler, pastor of the Church of Our Saviour in New York City, delivered the following talk at the Portsmouth Institute 2010 Conference on Friday, June 11, 2010. I found myself in agreement with most of what Fr. … Continue reading

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Newman, the Laity and the Church

I touch a subject which is likely to tickle a nerve here or there. It is about a fundamental conception of the Church in its dimension of being compared with the government of a country, the analogy of the State. … Continue reading

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Anglican Use Conference: Day One Afternoon Report

Following Morning Prayer and the greeting from Archbishop Myers, the conference reconvened in morning session in the auditorium of the Archdiocesan chancery office. The first speaker, Sister Elaine, ASSP, reflected on the experience of her religious community, All Saints Sisters … Continue reading

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The Battle to Claim Cardinal Newman's Legacy

There's a very interesting post over at Catholic and Loving It about efforts to claim John Henry Cardinal Newman as, well, an emblem of gay love and a welcoming, inclusive gospel. The Catholic Church in England and Wales is currently … Continue reading

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The Month of Joy

WHY is May called the month of Mary, and especially dedicated to her? Among other reasons there is this, that of the Church's year, the ecclesiastical year, it is at once the most sacred and the most festive and joyous … Continue reading

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The Month of Promise

WHY is May chosen as the month in which we exercise a special devotion to the Blessed Virgin? The first reason is because it is the time when the earth bursts forth into its fresh foliage and its green grass … Continue reading

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Still Friends: Newman and Pusey

More years ago than I care to remember I used occasionally to buy collected sermons: I still have Ronnie Knox's University and Anglican Sermons, Newman's sermons 'On Subjects of the Day' which he edited at Littlemore in 1843, and Pusey's … Continue reading

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