John Henry Newman’s Path to Sainthood

A conversation with Fr. Ian Ker (Oxford), and Melissa Villalobos, moderated by journalist Kenneth Woodward. — On October 30th, 2019, the Lumen Christi Institute held “John Henry Newman’s Path to Sainthood” at the Holy Name Cathedral Auditorium. The event provided an overview of Newman’s significance, influence, and sanctity. Kenneth Woodward, journalist and author of Making Saints, hosted a conversation between Melissa Villalobos, the recipient of Newman’s second miracle, and Fr. Ian Ker, one of the world’s leading scholars of John Henry Newman’s thought This event was cosponsored by Mundelein Seminary, the Sheil Catholic Center at Northwestern University, the Hank Center for the Catholic Intellectual Heritage at Loyola University Chicago, the Department of Catholic Studies at DePaul University, the Calvert House Catholic Center at the University of Chicago, and the John Paul II Newman Center at UIC.