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As of October 13, 2019, the Newman Association of America is titled the Saint John Henry Newman Association of America. The SJHNAA takes as its purpose the dissemination of  knowledge of the life, thought, and writings of John Henry Newman. This is done primarily through our annual Newman Conference held around the anniversary of Newman’s death (August 11th).

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Dear Newman Friends. 

I’ve attached a 2025 membership application. We’re revamping our collection methods. As treasurer of our association you can mail a check and the attached membership form to 

Dr Ron Snyder, 6215 Fox Meadow Lane, Edina, MN. 55436 

Electronic payment is easiest for both parties – you can use Venmo or PayPal (use friends and family options to avoid fees). If you pay electronically send Dr. Snyder the details requested on the attached membership form ([email protected]). 

Venmo:

Newman Association of America

@Newman_2019

PayPal: search Newman Association of America (linked to Dr. Snyder’s account)

Download Membership Form 2025

I hope this letter finds everyone in good health, spirits, and peace of mind. I pray that our beloved St. John Henry Newman will watch over you, intercede for you and protect you from all evil.

First, I would like to thank the Board Members of the St. John Henry Newman Association of America and all of you for the confidence which they have placed in me in electing me the new president of the board. I am humbled by their confidence in me.

Second, we had a wonderful conference in Buffalo, Minnesota at the Christ the King Retreat Center. The facility was wonderful and the talks were great as usual. Everyone grew in love and knowledge of St. John Henry Newman. Thank you to Ron Synder and all his team who did a wonderful job.

Third, Our venue, theme, and dates for the Conference will be announced shortly.

Fourth, I am very excited to announce our New Journal Cor ad Cor: A Journal of St. John Henry Newman Association of America in association Catholic University of America Press. Dr. Richard H. Bulzacchelli is our editor. We thank him for agreeing to take on this new and exciting part of our mission of promoting the life and work of St. John Henry Newman.

Fifth, we rejoice that Pope Leo XIV has declared what we all knew that St. John Henry Newman is a doctor of the church. We look forward to the official announcement and the ceremony which will elevate our beloved saint to the august company of Doctors of the Church.

“O Lord, support us all day long, Till shadows lengthen and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done. Then in his mercy may he give us a safe lodging and a holy rest and peace at the last. AMEN.”

I pray that all of you will be blessed by our Saint John Henry Newman, the newest Doctor of Church, today and for the rest of your lives.

St. John Henry Newman Pray for us.

Rev. Dr Joseph F. Pearce C.O.

GOD has created all things for good; all things for their greatest good; everything for its own good. What is the good of one is not the good of another; what makes one man happy would make another unhappy. (Meditations and Devotions)
The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events, by history, by description. (Grammar of Assent)
Persons influence us, voices melt us, looks subdue us, deeds inflame us. Many a man will live and die upon a dogma: no man will be a martyr for a conclusion. (Grammar of Assent)
Quarry the granite rock with razors, or moor the vessel with a thread of silk; then may you hope with such keen and delicate instruments as human knowledge and human reason to contend against those giants, the passion and the pride of man. (Grammar of Assent)
In a higher world it is otherwise; but here below to live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often. (Development of Christian Doctrine)
If you ask me what you are to do in order to be perfect, I say, first—Do not lie in bed beyond the due time of rising; give your first thoughts to God; make a good visit to the Blessed Sacrament; say the Angelus devoutly; eat and drink to God’s glory; say the Rosary well; be recollected; keep out bad thoughts; make your evening meditation well; examine yourself daily; go to bed in good time, and you are already perfect. (Address to Boys)
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Journal

Cor ad Cor: Academical and Devotional Essays is a peer-reviewed interdisciplinary journal of the Saint John Henry Newman Association of America, published twice yearly in Winter and Summer.  This journal sprouted from the seedbed of an earlier, privately published prototype appearing in one issue: Word in Season, which appeared in 2024, legacy copies of which may be purchased here[insert hyperlink?] while stock remains.
 
Cor ad Cor invites English-language academic essays, and book reviews, as well as works of a devotional or appreciative nature, which may include, but are not limited to, reflections, meditations, or homilies, concerning the life, work, and milieu of St. John Henry Newman and his interlocutors.  Because the journal is interdisciplinary, submissions, including formal academic articles, should be written with a broad audience in mind.  For example, an article treating a theological question with which Newman had been engaged might be read by a non-theologian, or an article treating the historical situation of Catholics in England in the mid-nineteenth century might be read by a non-historian.  Thus, authors writing academic articles for Cor ad Cor should endeavor to offer a genuine contribution to knowledge while manifesting the heart of a teacher aware of an audience in which there are students and not only direct peers, seeking to learn: Cor ad cor loquitur.
 
Cor ad Cor accepts only original works.  The phrase, “original works,” is defined as, “works that have not appeared in print or online elsewhere in English, in whole or in substantial part.”  Revised conference papers, course papers, or public lectures or addresses, provided they have not been previously published, are considered “original works” under our editorial policy.
 
Submissions to Cor ad Cor should generally adhere to the following table for word-count:
  • Formal academic articles: 3,000 – 13,000 words
  • Book reviews: 900 – 2,500 words
  • All other pieces: < 6,000 words

For further information on preparing a submission to Cor ad Cor, see our Submission Guidelines[insert hyperlink].

For inquiries, please contact our editor, Dr. Richard H. Bulzacchelli, at: [email protected]