When it comes upon me how late I am trying to serve the Church, the obvious answer is, even saints, such as St. Augustine, St. Ignatius, did not begin in earnest till a late age.

—St. John Henry Newman

from a letter to a fellow convert, collected in the book Newman: His Life and Spirituality by Louis Bouyer

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A TOWERING FIGURE

Just as St. Augustine was the great apostle to the early Church, and St. Thomas Aquinas was to the Middle Ages, so is Newman for modern times. This work is of major significance for anyone who wants to approach the towering figure of John Henry Newman.

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