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October 9: ST. JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: In Search of the Truth
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St. John Henry Newman was one of England's most celebrated Anglican preachers — until years of studying the early Church led him somewhere he never expected. Newman's deep study of Scripture and the early Church Fathers slowly convinced him that the Catholic Church, not the Church of England, held the faith of the apostles. Though it cost him his position, his home, and many friendships, he knelt on a stone floor at Littlemore in 1845 to be received into the Catholic Church, later devoting his priesthood to writing and walking alongside people who, like him, were searching in the da...
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Welcome back to the Catholic Sproust podcast, where we know that every day is a feast day. It's October 9, so join us for St. John Henry Newman, Finding the Truth. Dominic's boots were wet from the rain when he stepped through the door at Littlemore. He had been summoned urgently, called to a small stone house at the edge of Oxford to receive
someone into the Catholic Church, and he knew who that someone was. Most of England knew who it was. When he entered the room, he found one of the most celebrated scholars in the country, waiting on his knees with his head bowed in prayer. His name was John Henry Newman.
He was 44 years old and he had spent the last 10 years trying not to reach this moment, but here he was. Welcome back Sprouts. Today is October 9th, the feast of St. John Henry Newman,
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