Happy Anniversary to Cardinal Newman!

Ven. John Henry Newman was received into full communion with the Catholic Church 157 years ago today, October 9, 1845.

Gerard Serafin has, of course, already noted the occasion.

Here is the immediate sequence of events (from a little book I am writing fitfully):

In letters to relatives and friends, Newman would occasionally mention that he was busy with a book. By late September, the first parts of An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine were in the hands of the printer. But not until early October could he finally see his way clear. Once he could, though, he immediately ceased writing, ceased waiting. On the third, he resigned his Fellowship at Oriel College; by the seventh, he was already informing his closest friends of his decision to join the Catholic Church; on the eighth, he asked Dalgairns to give a message to the missionary priest who had received him and Ambrose St. John into the Church a few weeks earlier: Newman himself now wanted to come in. Fr. Dominic Barberi received John Henry Newman into the Catholic Church, Thursday, October 9, 1845.

Do visit Bob Elder's monumental Newman Reader, especially An Essay on Development of Christian Doctrine, by which Newman "wrote" himself into the Catholic Church, and Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Newman's own "history" of his "religious opinions". And here is the chapter from Ward's biography recounting the event: Last Days at Littlemore (1845-1846).

You may also be interested in these, at Catholicity @ ELCore.Net:

• Passages from Newman's Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine
• John Henry Newman: His Developing Faith, His Life as a Catholic by ELC
• Laity, Priests, and Holiness by Rev. C. John McCloskey III
• John Henry Newman: Portraits

Here are the front and back of a holy card I have:

In all circumstances of joy or sorrow, hope or fear, let us aim at having CHRIST in our inmost heart.

The first duty of charity is to try and enter into the mind and feelings of others.

VENERABLE JOHN HENRY NEWMAN was born in London, 21 February 1801, and died in Birmingham, II August 1890. As Vicar of St. Mary's Oxford he exerted a profound spiritual influence on the Church of England. Joining the Catholic Church in 1845 he founded Oratories of St. Philip Neri in Birmingham and London, was the first Rector of the Catholic University in Dublin, and was made Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII in 1879. Through his published writings and private correspondence he created a greater understanding of the Catholic Church and its teachings, helping many persons with their religious difficulties. At his death he was praised for his unworldliness, humility, and prayerful contact with the invisible world. He was declared Venerable on 22 January 1991.

Please report any favours received to:

IMPRIMATUR:
+ Maurice Couve de Murville
Archbishop of Birmingham
November 11th, 1991

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 10/09/02 01:42:58 PM
Categorized as Most Notable & Religious.

Happy Anniversary to Me!

I was received into full communion with the Catholic Church 27 years ago today, October 9, 1975.

In honor of my anniversary, I join Shawn McElhinney and Bill Cork in making a profession of faith:

I, Lane Core Jr., with firm faith believe and profess everything that is contained in the symbol of faith: namely,

"I believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen. I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father, God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, one in Being with the Father. Through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven: By the power of the Holy Spirit, he was born of the Virgin Mary, and became man. For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate; he suffered, died and was buried. On the third day he rose again in fulfillment of the Scriptures; he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father. He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead, and his kingdom will have no end. I believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son. With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified. He has spoken through the Prophets. I believe in the one holy catholic and apostolic Church. I acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins. I look for the resurrection of the dead, and the life of the world to come. Amen."

With firm faith I believe as well everything contained in God's word, written or handed down in tradition and proposed by the Church — whether in solemn judgment or in the ordinary and universal magisterium — as divinely revealed and called for faith.

I also firmly accept and hold each and every thing that is proposed by that same Church definitively with regard to teaching concerning faith or morals.

What is more, I adhere with religious submission of will and intellect to the teachings which either the Roman pontiff or the college of bishops enunciate when they exercise the authentic magisterium even if they proclaim those teachings in an act that is not definitive.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 10/09/02 12:38:13 PM
Categorized as Religious.

The Blog from the Core Redivivus!

I hope you noticed it was temporarily out of commission. :)

The Blog from the Core is now produced using Movable Type, which is much more flexible than (free) Blogger, and has a much richer variety of options. Also, it runs from my server, not Blogger's, so blog publication does not depend on the server status at Blogger, which can be affected by any number of issues, including volume of users.

The main page looks pretty much the same as it did after the last change of template with Blogger. But the archives look much different, and blogs are now archived two ways: in addition to the customary monthly archive, each individual blog now has its own archive page. Neither the individual-entry archive nor the monthly archive has the "Links" column on the right-hand side: that makes for a much wider reading area, which I like. Also, the archive pages have some indication of the date (individual day, or month) in the Title Bar, to make it easier to discern when one is looking at an archive page rather than the main weblog page. (One reader had unwittingly bookmarked an archive page, at the end of August, and wrote to me in September wondering why I had not written anything in a couple of weeks!)

I have "restored" the last active Blogger entry, from Oct. 1, but I have eliminated the manually entered "I'm Finished With Blogger!" notice from that day :).

Please note the addition of a quotation from Cardinal Newman at the conclusion of the main page and the monthly archive.

I appreciate your prayers, and the occasional e-mail I got during the down time. I have a couple of interesting feelers out for job possibilities. Do pray for me.

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Wed. 10/09/02 11:55:58 AM
Categorized as Other.