John Henry Newman: His Inner Life

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This book is a culmination of Father Zeno’s life work. With the cooperation of the Oratorian Fathers, he was given full access to all of Newman’s letters, diaries, and complete published and unpublished sermons. From all this he has drawn together the interior struggles Newman faced from childhood until his death. Zeno allows Newman to speak through his work and writings, an exceedingly rich source. This is a landmark work considered one of the best spiritual biographies of John Henry Newman ever written.

This book was first published in Dutch and met with immediate and extensive acclaim. It covers Newman’s young life as an Anglican, the doubts he faced in light of his historical studies, his conversion to Catholicism, the trials he faced as a result of his conversion, and his remarkable growth in holiness and the interior life.

“It took me, all in all, fifteen months to examine the 430 files of letters in the Archivium and the formidable collection of papers, journals and memoranda in the cupboards of the Cardinal’s room... Studying the forty-five volumes of Newman’s works which had up to then been published also required much time. While I read and copied out what threw light on his inner life, the outlines of Newman’s soul gradually became clear to me: the following pages are the result of this labor of love.”
— From the Introduction

Father Zeno, O.F.M. Cap., one of the world’s foremost Newman scholars, obtained a Ph.D. in English language and literature and did his doctoral thesis on Newman’s epistemology.

Table of Contents:

Lately Come from God's Presence (1801-1815)
God's love Took me Captive (1815-1822)
I Am Christ's Soldier (1822-1828)
I Have a Work to Do (1828-1833)
The Happiest Period (1833-1839)
After a Rough Sea into the Port (1839-1845)
A Saint Enters His Life (1845-1851)
Accumulating Trials (1851-1864)
God Will Provide (1854-1864)
Still under a Cloud (1864-1870)
The Happy End (1870-1890)
The Soul of Newman
 

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St. John Neumann

Feast Day: Roman Rite Calendar - 01/05 Tridentine Calendar - 01/05 Patron Of: Authors, Deaf Profile Son of Philip, who was German and owned a stocking factory, and Agnes Neumann who was Czech. John was a small and quiet boy with four sisters and a brother, and was named after Saint John Nepomucene. An excellent student, John early felt drawn to religious life. Seminarian at Budweis, Bohemia in 1813, he studied astronomy and botany in addition to theological topics. Studied theology at Charles Ferdinand University at Prague in 1833. When time came for his ordination, the bishop was sick; the date for was never reset because Bohemia had an over-abundance of priests. John decided to go to America to ask for ordination and work with emigres. He walked most of the way to France, then took ship for America. John arrived unannounced in Manhattan in 1836. Bishop John Dubois was happy to see him as there were 36 priests for the 200,000 Catholics in New York and New Jersey. John was ordained on 28 June 1836, and sent to Buffalo. There the parish priest, Father Pax, gave him the choice of the city of Buffalo or of the rural area; John chose the more difficult country area. He stayed in a small town with an unfinished church, and when it was completed, he moved to a town with a log church. There he built himself a small log cabin, rarely lit a fire, slept little, often lived on bread and water, and walked miles to visit farm after remote farm. John's parishioners were from many lands and tongues, but John knew twelve languages, and worked with them all. Joined the Redemptorists at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1840, taking his vows at Baltimore, Maryland in 1841, the first Redemptorist to do so in the United States. Home missionary in Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Virginia. Rector of Saint Philomena church in Pittsburgh in 1844. Vice-regent and superior of the Redemptorists in America in 1847. Bishop of Philadelphia in 1852. Built fifty churches and began building a cathedral. Opened almost one hundred schools, and the number of parochial school students in his diocese grew from 500 to 9,000. Wrote newspaper articles, two catechisms, and many works in German. First American man and first American bishop to be canonized. Born 28 March 1811 at Prachititz, Bohemia (Czech Republic) Died 5 January 1860 of a stroke at 13th and Vine Streets, Philadephia, Pennsylvania Beatified     13 October 1963 at Rome, Italy Canonized     19 June 1977 by Pope Paul VI All information used with permission of the Patron Saint Index.

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