Bishop Donald Wuerl gives the opening speech for the National Institute for Newman Studies in Pittsburgh.
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Thanks for mentioning this. I was, of course, there… What I find puzzling in the Trib article is that while Venerable Newman is discussed, and Fr. Drew Morgan is mentioned, no mention is made to the fact that the Venerable belonged to the Fathers of the Oratory, as does Fr. Drew Morgan. (He’s the “Fr. Drew” I’ve mentioned on my blog, particularly in some of my “From the homily” posts…) Actually the Institute is headquarted in the building directly behind the Pittsburgh Oratory- certainly convenient for Fr. Drew ! The Post-Gazette article mentioned the Oratory, and also mentioned the Venerable’s cause for canonization- something the Trib also missed…
Ah, well. At least the local secular papers deigned to take notice of something good happening involving the Catholic Church….
I read the same article, Jeff, and the question that sprang to my mind was:
“Is it fair to tag the Venerable Cardinal Newman as the “invisible father” of Vatican II? Or was the usual post mortem appropriation of a noble name?
After all, as Wilfrid Ward once wrote re Cardinal Newman’s philosophy,”People are apt to find only what they look for.”
Just curious,
Earl
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The Venerable is cited in the documents of the Second Vatican Council- about 20 times, I believe. (He is cited in the Catechism 4 times as well.) However, I am quite sure that a lot of what goes by the name of “Vatican II reform” would be familiar to him as what he called ‘the spirit of liberalism in religion’ and regarded as the most deadly enemy the Church faced.