Literature Review

The Newman Community is a Catholic organization that has many locations, including one in Blacksburg. They are based on the principles of faith, service, and community. There are stories of many of the different branches doing charity through service in places like farms and so forth. The Virginia tech branch has released a CD in remeberance of those, who were lost in due to the gun attack. Newman is a haven for those wishing to find a religious extension for support and growth. The points of John Henry Newman exemplify some of the causes of the Newman Community.

John Henry Newman made many points that collect into a definition of the faith associated with the Catholic Church. His statements included the points at which faith and rationality merge, such as the instant of faith when all aspects of the act of faith combine to bring acceptance of the truths of the Catholic faith to the faithful. Newman explains his notion of faith in two parts through John R. Connolly, in A View of Catholic Faith for the New Millenium. One is the "intellectual model", in which cognative agreement with "divinely" discerned certainties as these points become integrated with the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church. The other is the "personalist model", in which the faithful of the Catholic Church become wholly committed to God's Love shown through Jesus. Newman has produced many texts in like fashion.

The Newman Community has also been featured in articles of such publications as the National Catholic Repoter. These articles delve into the more structural/legislative side of the community on occasion, though.

These sources should help to cement a set of ideas that answer the aspect of the community's committment and attractiveness to members, potential or otherwise. They should also help define the community through its actions and backing ideals.