Progressive Illumination ― A Journey With John Henry Cardinal Newman 1980-2005

In his new book, PROGRESSIVE ILLUMINATION: A JOURNEY WITH CARDINAL JOHN HENRY NEWMAN, Edward J. Ondrako, a Conventual Franciscan priest, offers a modern take on the philosophy of John Henry Newman, from inter-faith solidarity, to the need of theology in liberal arts education, to papal infallibility. Ondrako dusts off the teachings of Newman, and applies them to questions of doctrine, philosophy, and current events, presenting a scholarly perspective based in years of rigorous research and personal growth. Ondrako himself has taught and served in campus ministry at such star universities as Cornell, Columbia, Syracuse, and Princeton. Whether you are a believer or non-believer, Newman’s writings are especially relevant in today’s global, post 9/11 society, and help to shed new light on the problems of a turbulent modern world, while offering real solutions.

Since 1980, Fr. Ondrako has taught and served in campus ministry at Syracuse, Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, and Queen’s Theological College, Kingston, Ontario. He is currently a lecturer at the Catholic University of America and confessor at the Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Washington, DC. Fr. Ondrako was theologian-in residence at Cornell and lecturer in the politics department at Princeton. He holds a B.A., M.Th., Rensselaer, N.Y.; M.S.W. SUNY Albany; M.A. St. Bonaventure University; M.Phil. and Ph.D., Syracuse University.