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“Go to Joseph”: St. Joseph as Protector of the Church and Model of the Interior Life

Fr. Neil J. Roy, March 2nd, 2011

The good news that Brother André Bessette, C.S.C. (1845-1937) was canonized in Rome on 17 October 2010 brought great joy to the Church in Canada and to the campus of Notre Dame, which St. André visited twice. The glad tidings remind all that Brother André dedicated his apostolate to spreading knowledge and love of St. Joseph well beyond Canada, indeed throughout the world. The question [...]

Heart Speaks to Heart: John Henry Cardinal Newman

Fr. Neil J. Roy, September 19th, 2010

The beatification of John Henry Newman (1801-1890) on September 19, 2010, will mark an important milestone in the life not only of the Church in Great Britain, but indeed of the Church around the world. Cardinal Newman remains the single most influential figure of the Catholic Church in the nineteenth century. Twenty years after his death in 1890, it is calculated that one million people had [...]

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