Cardinal Newman Exhibition

Place: Floor 6 of the Central Library, Archives and Heritage, in the secure area behind the counter.

Times: the secure area is open 10am to 5pm Tuesday to Saturday, extended opening to 8pm on

Thursday.

Dates: Tuesday 7 September to Saturday 30 October 2010.

When John Henry Newman first came to Birmingham in 1846 he lived at Oscott in the north of Birmingham, close to the new Catholic Oscott College. He then set up The Oratory in Birmingham, which from 1852 has been on the Hagley Road in Edgbaston. Newman wrote poetry as well as his work for the Catholic church, One of his most famous poems is The Dream of Gerontius, which the composer Elgar set to music; the first performance was at the Birmingham Triennial Musical Festival in 1900. Newman died in 1890 and was buried at the Oratory Retreat near Rednal. After his death the Oratory Church was rebuilt as a beautiful memorial to him.

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