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Angelo
Cardinal Roncalli
Pope John XXIII |
Who is Roncalli Newman? |
John
Henry Cardinal Newman
Catholic Educator |
a) The founder of a chain of
pizza parlors.
b) The maternal great uncle, once removed, of Alfred E Neuman.
c) An early 40’s model automobile that didn’t make it off the lot. |
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of the above answers, you were really close - but no cigar for you.
As you see in the pictures, Roncalli is the last name of the man who would
be Pope John XXIII. He was the pope from 1958 - 1963 and is known
for having convened the Second Vatican Council (a.k.a. Vatican II).
It was on the heels of his papacy, and near the end of the Council in
1964, that the Roncalli Newman Center was proposed and built.
Nineteenth century Englishman John Henry Cardinal Newman was a convert to
Catholicism from the Church of England who distinguished himself as an
avid writer and ardent advocate of Catholic education. It was for him that
the Catholic presence on state university campuses was named. Newman
Clubs got there start at the UW in Madison under the name of the Melvin
Club, (named for a prof who made his home available for Catholic student
meetings). One of those students later transferred to the University of
Pennsylvania where he started a similar Catholic student group and gave it
the name Newman. Newman Clubs have been active Catholic student
organizations on state campuses for more than 100 years. Newman has been
at the UW-L since 1924. |
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