National Catholic Register

‘St. John Neumann Was Here’ — Philadelphia’s Bishop and America’s Saint

The impact of St. John Neumann’s priestly ministry is still felt throughout New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland and Ohio. St. John Neumann against an 1854 map of the U.S. (photo: Wikimedia Commons/NYPL ...
National Catholic Register

St. John Neumann, Pray For Us

St. John Neumann (1811-60) was born in Bohemia (which today is the Czech Republic). He studied theology in Prague, but desiring to be a missionary, headed to New York before his ordination. He arrived ...
Aleteia

Philadelphia gets museum dedicated to patron saint of immigrants and sick children

The life of St. John Neumann, America’s first male saint, to be brought to life in new facility.The first English-language Catholic Bible printed in the United States is one of several items on ...
catholicculture.org

St. John Neumann: Model for Priests

It was Sunday, December 11, 1921. His Holiness Pope Benedict XV published a decree in which he declared John Nepomucene Neumann, the fourth bishop of Philadelphia, worthy of veneration by the Church ...
Aleteia

St. John Neumann was frustrated with his own imperfections

Every time St. John Neumann failed in his daily resolutions, he became frustrated with himself, asking God for strength to overcome his imperfections. St. John Neumann was a holy priest and bishop, ...

Archdiocese seeks court approval to sell shuttered Staten Island church property for $15.5M

The Archdiocese of New York filed court documents seeking approval to sell the shuttered St. John Neumann church and its six-acre Staten Island property for $15.5 million to a buyer expected to ...