5 Facts About The John Henry Newman School

1. At the age of 15 The John Henry Newman School experienced a religious "conversion" that was the foundation of his lifelong intense faith in God.

2. In 1991, The John Henry Newman School was proclaimed venerable by Pope John Paul II, after a thorough examination of his life and work by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.

3. In February 1843, The John Henry Newman School published, as an advertisement in the Oxford Conservative Journal, an anonymous but otherwise formal retractation of all the hard things he had said against Roman Catholicism.

4. In December 1832, The John Henry Newman School went with Hurrell Froude, on account of the latter's health, for a tour in Southern Europe.

5. At the age of seven The John Henry Newman School was sent to Great Ealing School conducted by George Nicholas.