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My name is Taylor Kemp.

I'm the director of Formed and with me today again is Dr. Chris Mooney.

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We are talking about St. John Newman, whose feast date is January 5th.

Dr. Mooney, where shall we begin to learn about St. John Newman?

Yeah, thanks for having me, Taylor.

It's great to be able to talk about him. I'll mention first, you know, I've heard his name pronounced in different ways. His last name is spelt for anyone who's just listening,

N-E-U-M-A-N, which to me, from the little bit of time I spent in Germany makes me so want to pronounce it

Neumann which some people do I think is correct which is probably correct but most people

will hear Newman and I think that's how he's how he's revered in the US and related to that

not St. John Henry Newman the English saint So this is the other St. John Newman.

Different.

Same name, different places, different spelling.

In fact, viewers or listeners might even find that information they've heard about St. John

Newman, this one, is often mixed up with St. John Henry Newman.

Quotes that are actually from St. John Henry Newman are attributed to this one, but do your homework. It happens. Different people. So, okay, where should we begin?

Where should we start? So, St. John Newman is, I think one of the reasons he's, is he, that he's remarkable,

is so far, he's the only canonized American man who's the saint. That's crazy.

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