Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery has announced it will display photographs of the beatification mass and Papal Visit to the City from Saturday 27 November 2010 until Sunday 30 January 2011.
The photographic display will include a selection of photographs from the first ever Papal visit to Birmingham on 19th September 2010 and will complement the current display of Cardinal Newman’s personal items and regalia at the museum.
Alongside images from the beatification mass at Cofton Park there will be many images of pilgrims and the Pontiff greeting crowds at the mass and at Birmingham Oratory. Also pictures from the stunning chapel and historic event at Oscott College when His Holiness met the Bishops of England and Wales. The pictures are courtesy of Birmingham Mail and Mazur, www.thepapalvisit.org.uk
Saturday 9 October 2010 marked the first ever Feast Day for the Blessed John Henry Newman. The date was chosen as it marked the day that he was received into the Catholic Church in 1845.
Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is currently showing a display celebrating the life of Cardinal Newman, on show in Gallery 25 until 6 January 2011. The display includes items such as the Cardinal’s jewelled mitre, crosier, robes, hat and shoes. Many of the objects have been kindly loaned by Birmingham Oratory, including personal items and a bust of Cardinal Newman by Richard Westmacott the Younger, a sculptor and friend of the Cardinal. The display also includes ‘Portrait of His Eminence Cardinal Newman’ (1879) by Birmingham born William Thomas Roden, from the museum’s own collection.
Newman spent 45 years of his life in Birmingham. A special trail leaflet has been produced to identify the places associated with him, his work ministering to the people of the city, his establishment of England’s first oratory and his spiritual mission. It is available in libraries, museums, Catholic churches and from Tourist Information centres or websites; Birmingham.gov.uk or visitbirmingham.com.
Cllr Alan Rudge, Cabinet Member for Equalities and Human Resources and Lead from Birmingham City Council for the Papal Visit said:
“The Beatification of Cardinal Newman is very important for Birmingham and the city will undoubtedly become a place of pilgrimage in the future; the trail will help visitors and local people alike appreciate the impact that Blessed John Henry Newman had on our city.
“Figures from Marketing Birmingham have shown that the Papal Visit in September generated an estimated £30.5 million in media coverage and the overall economic benefit of the visit was worth £12 million.”
Visitors to the exhibitions at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery will also get a chance to see the redecorated and redisplayed Fine Art Galleries. On view will be the city’s most important religious works by world-renowned Old Masters, including 16th and 17th century paintings by Bellini, Botticelli, Carlo Dolci, Gentileschi and Gennari.
For further details on Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, please visit www.bmag.org.uk or call 0121 303 2834.
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Media contact Jason Lewis 0121 303 4266
jason.lewis@birmingham.gov.uk
Notes to editor:
Cardinal Newman
John Henry Newman, C.O. (21 February 1801 – 11 August 1890) was an English Roman Catholic priest, cardinal and poet. Formerly a priest in the Church of England, Newman was received into the Roman Catholic Church in October 1845.
Both before and after becoming a Roman Catholic, he wrote influential books, including Via Media, Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine (1845), Apologia Pro Vita Sua (1865–66) and the Grammar of Assent (1870).
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