St. John Neumann

American Catholic History

Noelle & Tom Crowe

History, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Education

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🗓️ 27 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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St. John Neumann was born in 1811 in Prachatice, Bohemia (in present-day Czech Republic). He was a good student, and while in seminary determined to become a missionary in the United States. But after completing his seminary studies he found difficulty in getting ordained or gaining passage to the U.S. But once in the U.S. he proved to be a tireless pastor. He was ordained in 1836 by Bishop John Dubois of New York. After time in diocesan parish work in the Buffalo area he joined the Redemptorists and was stationed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Norwalk, Ohio, New York City, and Baltimore, Maryland. In 1851 he was consecrated the fourth bishop of Philadelphia. He oversaw a period of incredible growth and construction in the Diocese, establishing so many schools that Phildelphia had the first diocesan school system in the country. His sudden death at 48 years old stunned and saddened everyone. He was canonized by Pope Paul VI in 1977.

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to American Catholic History, brought to you by the support of listeners like you.
0:11.0	If you like this podcast and would like to support our work, please visit Americancatholichistory.org
0:17.5	slash support. I'm Noelle Heister Crow. And I'm Tom Crow.
0:21.5	Today we're talking about the first American male to be canonized, St. John Newman, the
0:27.5	immigrant from Bohemia who became a zealous pastor of souls in the United States.
0:32.3	St. John Newman's life is a study in patience and humility, plus hard work, all for the good of the kingdom.
0:38.6	And what good he did.
0:40.3	Yeah, seriously.
0:41.5	He built so many churches and schools in New York and Pennsylvania, and his ministry reached from New York City to North Central, Ohio,
0:49.1	down to Baltimore with years in the Buffalo area, Pittsburgh, and even some trips here to Steubenville, Ohio.
0:55.0	Right. During the years he was stationed at St. Philomena in Pittsburgh, he would come the 45 miles out here to
1:01.0	Steubenville to minister at our parish, St. Peter's. His signature is in our baptismal registry from
1:07.0	way back then, and our perpetual adoration chapel is dedicated in his honor.
1:11.7	Saints have been everywhere in this country, some canonized, and some not.
1:16.2	We just need the vision, patience, and the interior peace to see and appreciate them.
1:22.1	And the holy people who went before very often cross paths.
1:26.2	In this example, while St. John was pastor of St.
1:29.1	Philomena in Pittsburgh, his assistant was Father Francis Xavier Seilos, who has himself
1:35.0	been beatified. We'll tell his story definitely one day. And then a few years later, when Newman was
1:41.1	stationed at St. Alphonse's parish in Norwalk, Ohio, which is up near
1:44.9	Lahiri in north central Ohio, he may well have crossed paths with Father Jean-Baptiste-Lamee and
1:50.6	Father John Machabouf. We told Lamis' story in episode 102. He was the first bishop and
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