The University of St. Thomas in Houston hosted a panel on October 8, 2025, to celebrate the announcement of St. John Henry Newman as the newest Doctor of the Church. All three speakers are affiliated with the Fellowship of Catholic Scholars. Dean Ben Nguyen, who spoke at the 2025 convention on canon law, marriage, and the Eucharist, presented an introduction to the history and procedures involved in the making of new Doctors. Dr. Clinton Brand, who spoke at the convention on the Anglican Ordinariate liturgy, spoke on Newman’s understanding of the importance of the imagination and the personal element in education. And Dr. David Deavel, Fellowship board member, spoke on the gritty spirituality of Newman in the face of a secularizing western world and the weaknesses that are often seen in the Church.
The full video can be found here.