Yearly archives: 2022

Dear Friends in Christ, Te Deum laudamus! May I take this opportunity to firstly wish you all a very Merry Christmas and now also a very Happy New Year! I hope that this year will be filled with many blessings for us all and especially for the Society. It would […]

Happy New Year!

December 31, 2022 in Blog by William Morris

From the Editor: On the occasion of a rather odd event, here’s a piece about one of this country’s first saints. Enjoy! An unusual – perhaps unique – liturgy took place this week: a relic of St Chad was transferred from the Catholic cathedral in Birmingham to Lichfield, where it […]

‘St Chad’, by Aloysius Atkinson

November 14, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

AMDG None of us can foresee what witness we will need to give to our faith in the course of our life, nor what that witness might cost us. We will all feel at times mired by aspects of the world, compromised in different ways: that is part of the […]

A Homily on St Thomas More, by Fr Matthew Power ...

November 8, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

Unfortunately, this dinner is now fully booked. We hope you will be able to join us for President’s Dinner in 7th week.

TML Lecture Dinner

October 29, 2022 in Uncategorized by Jamie

Dom Pierre-Célestin René Lou Tseng-Tsiang OSB was a remarkable man with a remarkably long name, every part of which has a little to say about him. He was born in 1871, during the declining Qing dynasty. His family name was Lou (pronounced Lu, written 陸), and his given name was Tseng-Tsiang, […]

Christ and Confucius in Belgium

September 28, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

Greetings all, It is with great enthusiasm that I announce that this year’s St Thomas More Lecture will be given by George Weigel under the title “Vatican II: Why It Was Necessary, What It Taught, Why It Is Vitally Important Today.” Mr Weigel is Distinguished Senior Fellow and William E. […]

St Thomas More Lecture 2022 Announcement

August 26, 2022 in Blog / Society News by Nick Champness

Many congratulations and very well done to all of you who found out today that you’re coming up to Oxford in the autumn. The Newman Society is so excited to welcome you. We are one of Oxford’s oldest societies. Founded 144 years ago in 1878 by Hartwell de la Garde Grissell (Brasenose […]

Welcome to the Newman!

August 18, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

From the Editor: For today’s blogpost, a reminder of the beauty to be found in the natural world – something you hopefully explore more when free from the dreaded Oxford deadlines! ‘Carry no purse, no haversack, no sandals.’ So instructed Jesus of the seventy-two disciples in that morning’s Gospel (Luke […]

‘On Seagull’s Wings: Reflections on a Retreat in Dublin’, by ...

July 24, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

From the Editor: The first instalment of a forthcoming series to keep your theological noggins ticking over the vac -Heresy of the Week! Courtesy of Peter and Will, here’s the story – and the rebuttal – of Arianism! Arianism was perhaps the first great heresy to threaten the orthodox Church […]

‘Heresy of the Week: Arianism’, by Murray and Morris

July 21, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness

From the Editor: One for all of the Poles in our readership – in case they let you forget, they very proud of their Catholic heritage! Saint Jadwiga of Poland (also known as Hedwig) is remembered as a great ruler of her nation. Despite dying on this day (17 July) […]

‘Saint Jadwiga’, by Michal Harris-Edwards

July 17, 2022 in Blog by Nick Champness