Jeanie Hannaman

By Joseph Pearce, Catholic Exchange - During St. John Henry Newman’s long and eventful life, new ideas emerged, causing seismic shifts in the way modern man perceived himself. Karl Marx adapted the ideas of Hegel in the service of revolutionary politics... Charles Darwin proposed the evolution of species from primitive beginnings, thereby initiating the notion of biological progressivism and the chronological snobbery that is its consequence. Friedrich Nietzsche declared brazenly that God was dead, thereby deifying man... Newman’s own place within the Catholic Revival is paramount. He is the very Father of the Revival itself.

By Daniel B. Gallagher, Catholic Exchange - At a certain moment, my fingers dropped from the keyboard as I came across a Capuchin priest by the name of Fr. José Pérez González. I have no idea what Fr. José or his priestly ministry looked like. All I know is that I share a birthday with him on January 5th... In an instant, it became clear to me that we venerate the saints not so much because they are different from us, but because we are like them. Fr. José must have had a set of parents and perhaps a few siblings. He went to school, played games, and somewhere along the line he decided to enter the seminary. He received the sacraments, learned how to pray, and likely had moments of fear and doubt no different from mine.