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Vol. 2, Issue 2, Fall 2005 EDITORIAL PREFACE Newman’s “inspiring influence as a great teacher of the faith and as a spiritual guide is being ever more clearly perceived in our own day.” (John Paul II) ARTICLES Grace and Graciousness: The 1879 Addresses and RepliesThomas G. Kudzma For two decades (1859-1879), ultramontane Roman Catholics viewed Newman with suspicion and surreptitiously questioned his orthodoxy; such covert charges were practically impossible to refute. Vindication came only in Newman’s declining years, when Pope Leo XIII (1878-1903) named him a cardinal. Such an honor was an irrefutable riposte to Newman’s critics. His elevation to the cardinalate unleashed a torrent of congratulations from religious communities and civic organizations, from personal friends as well as from the general public. This article revisits Newman’s cardinalatial years and samples some of the “Addresses” and messages of congratulation that he received along with his replies. Thomas G. Kudzma of Nashua, New Hampshire is a retired chemist-mathematician from the University of Massachusetts/Lowell, whose lifelong interest in Newman was piqued by the late Rev. J. Edward Nugent, C.P., chaplain of the Newman Club at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; this article was originally presented in August 2004, at the annual conference of the Venerable John Henry Newman Association at Mundelein, Illinois. The "Convert of Oxford" and
the "Socrates of Rome": Newman, Philip Neri, and the Oratory Why did Newman decide to become an Oratorian? This article examines the life and vision of St. Philip Neri (1515-1595), the founder of the Oratory, in relation to the apostolic ministry that John Henry Newman and his fellow Oxford-converts hoped to exercise in the Roman Catholic Church. This article concludes with reflections about the Oratory’s role, present and future. Joseph C. Linck is a priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, where he serves as parochial vicar at Saint Theresa Parish, Trumbull, and teaches in the Permanent Deaconate Formation Program and at Saint John Fisher Seminary Residence. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the 1999 National Newman Conference in Mundelein, IN. Awakening The
Dream of Gerontius The publication of his Apologia pro Vita Sua (1864) brought Newman back into contact with many of his Anglican friends—two of whom gifted him with a violin. In his letter of appreciation, Newman mused: “Perhaps thought is music.” Such would seem to be the case with his poem, The Dream of Gerontius (1865), which was set to music by Sir Edward Elgar (1900). This essay explores the relationship between Newman’s Apologia and The Dream of Gerontius and then analyzes the latter’s structure and content and compares it with other Christian classics. Fr. Drew Morgan, C.O., is a priest of The Oratory of St. Philip Neri in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the Director of the National Institute for Newman Studies and teaches at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, PA. This article was presented originally as part of the Pittsburgh Oratory’s John Henry Cardinal Newman Lecture Series in March 2005. Newman's 1826 Essay, The Miracles of Scripture, and the Role of Witness: The
Beginning of his Personalist Theology Newman’s theology is known for its
personalism: Newman was concerned not only with a notional or
intellectual appeal, but also with eliciting a real assent from his
audience. This article locates the beginnings of that “personalist
theology” in his pastoral ministry at St. Clement’s (Oxford) and his
first theological treatise,
The Miracles of
Scripture.
John Henry Newman
as Contextual Theologian
John T. Ford, C.S.C., is a Professor of Theology and Religious Studies and Co-Director of the Programa de Liderato Pastoral Hispano at The Catholic University of America, Washington, DC. This article is based on a presentation at the National Newman Conference at St. Joseph’s College, Rensselaer, IN, August 7, 2003. PASTORAL VIGNETTE "Faith and Doubt": Newman's Example of Friendship Rosario Athié, who is Professor of the Philosophy of Education at the Universidad Panamericana (Guadalajara, Mexico) and a member of the Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, wishes to express her appreciation both to the staff at the National Institute for Newman Studies in Pittsburgh for their hospitality while she was a resident scholar in 2004 and to the editors of the Newman Studies Journal for their assistance in preparing this vignette for publication. ESSAY REVIEW Mary in the Writings of John Henry NewmanMary Katherine Tillman
MARY: The Virgin Mary in the Life and Writings of John Henry Newman, edited with Introduction and Notes by Philip Boyce, OCD, Bishop of Raphoe, Ireland (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Eerdmans; Leominster, Herefordshire, UK: Gracewing, 2001. Pages viii + 439. Cloth $28.00, ISBN 0-8028-3929-0); hereafter cited as: Boyce, Mary. "The Daughter of Eve Unfallen": Mary in the Theology and Spirituality of John Henry Newman, by the Reverend Nicholas L. Gregoris (Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania: Newman House Press, Revised Edition 2003. Pages 652. Paper, $18.00, ISBN 0-9704022-7-9); hereafter cited as Gregoris, Daughter of Eve. Mary Katherine Tillman is a Professor in the Program of Liberal Studies at the University of Notre Dame and an editor of Newman Studies Journal. FEATURE REVIEW Edward Miller reviewing: Communities of Informed Judgment, by Frederick Aquino. BOOK REVIEWS Marvin O'Connell reviewing: Orestes A. Brownson: American Religious Weatervane, by Partrick W. Carey. Nicholas Rouch reviewing: John Kebel, Sermons for the Christian Year, selected and introduced by Maria Poggi Johnson. John Connolly reviewing: The Decline of Chriestendom in Western Europe, 1750-2000, ed. Hugh McLeod and Werner Ustorf. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND RECENT ARTICLES OF INTEREST NEWMAN CHRONOLOGY ANNOUNCEMENTS
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