By Newman Fellowship on July 28, 2009
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By Newman Fellowship on July 28, 2009
‘Over 150 years later, Newman is up for beatification by the Catholic Church. It’s a move that some believe could pave the way for clear and concise dialogue between Anglicans and Catholics’ ‘A focus on the church as a divine institution, a focus on bishops as successors of the apostles, a focus of a real [...]
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By Newman Fellowship on July 28, 2009
‘I grew up Southern Baptist and became Catholic when I was 29. My initial contact with the Catholic Church was through a girl I worked with. I’d talk with her about religion and she knew her faith well, which challenged me in my own faith…’ ‘My aunt, a devout Christian, and I were talking a [...]
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By Newman Fellowship on July 28, 2009
‘…reading through the scripture from a Catholic perspective, and learning things about Jesus, the Apostles, and Mary that I never saw before…Somehow these things were never emphasized for me, OR I just missed them. But in the Catholic tradition, I found Jesus Christ in a way that really spoke volumes to me.’ Read it all, [...]
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By Newman Fellowship on July 23, 2009
‘Newman’s message resonates with students who are searching…’ ‘…our faith does not mean we turn our brains off. But our faith means we have to combine our faith and reason…’ ‘Newman, who converted from Anglicanism at the age of 44, is best known for his role in the Oxford Movement which sought to bring the [...]
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By Newman Fellowship on July 23, 2009
‘The real presence of Christ in the Eucharist is a magnet drawing lost sheep home and keeping would-be strays from the deathly snows outside…’ ‘Adult conversion to Catholicism involves more than adding a few new beliefs. It means a whole new world and life view…’ ‘To Protestants, sacraments must be one of two things:…’ Read [...]
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By Newman Fellowship on July 22, 2009
‘We don’t need to know exactly what God’s plan for our life is, but obedience to Christ is a good place to start…’ Read it all…
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By Newman Fellowship on July 21, 2009
‘I was shocked when they told me that is was to be at the Italian Church in Clerkenwell (photograph)’ ‘It was a religion for poor stupid peasants and members of the IRA who would let off their bombs and then go to confession…’ ‘The world exploded…I felt overwhelmed by an outpouring of generosity…’ ‘It proved [...]
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By Newman Fellowship on July 20, 2009
‘I was finally moved to open the Bible out of a mixture of curiosity and hostility…’ ‘I was amazingly ignorant of any context for what I was reading, and had even thought Christians worshiped fish…’ ‘I understood for the first time what I had read about and heard of. Todd, the youth pastor, then preached [...]
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By Newman Fellowship on July 13, 2009
Incredibly gripping conversion story from gutter to glory. Read the PDF here…
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