Note to the Second Edition
NOTE TO THE SECOND EDITION
SINCE the publication of this biography a second miraculous cure has been attributed to Blessed Newman’s intercession. After the formal acknowledgment of this second miracle, Pope Francis has set the date of his canonization for October 13, 2019. Newman’s canonization will assure a continued interest in his life and writings, which increase in relevance as the world falters on the abyss of modernism and secularization.
In this edition, corrections have been made to the manuscript and a final chapter has been added presenting Newman’s approach to evangelization. In a subsequent work, Holiness in a Secular Age, the Witness of Cardinal Newman (2017), I have presented in more depth, albeit in a general manner, many of the contributions made by Newman to theology, spirituality, and education.
MIAMI, FLORIDA
July 5, 2019