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The new times of Nicholas Black Elk, Native American and lay catechist

December 6, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 7

December 6th provides an occasion for Catholics in the universal Church to celebrate the life of a great fourth-century saint: St. Nicholas. Some American Catholics are also now associating the day with a different Nicholas. […]

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The North American Martyrs and our post-Christian secular culture

October 18, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 7

“Instead of being a great theologian as you may be in France, you must reckon on being here a humble scholar, and then good God! with what masters—exposed to the laughter of all the savages. […]

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The Fifties, freedom, and the future of the family

July 28, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 24

The overturn of Roe v. Wade should be a cause of celebration for all Catholics and people of good will. Alas, Catholics remain divided along political lines of left and right, while Americans cannot even […]

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Independence Day and Catholic social principles

July 4, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 6

July is the first full month of summer, a time for lazy hazy days of going on vacation, cooling off, doing nothing. For historians, it is the month when things really start to heat up, […]

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Catholicism, the traditional family, and the crisis of fatherhood

June 18, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 11

I recently received an e-mail with the curious subject line: “Men are like water heaters”. I opened up the e-mail to find a picture of a confused-looking, middle-aged man struggling to fix a water heater […]

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American Catholics and the mixed martial messages of May

May 17, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 5

The month of May presents American Catholics with mixed martial messages. On May 12, we celebrated the Saints Nereus and Achilleus, Roman soldiers who left the army after their conversion to Christianity and ultimately gave […]

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Mother Maria Kaupas and the story of Lithuanian Catholics in America

May 6, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 7

In my previous essay, I examined the fate of Irish wake practices in light of the Tridentine Church’s efforts to develop a more modern, properly catechized and morally disciplined Catholic laity. Despite the general success […]

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An uneasy history: Irish Catholicism and the Irish wake

March 16, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 7

March is the cruelest month, at least for an Irish Catholic. Every March, the irresistible force of Lent meets the immovable object of March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day. The traditions of fasting and feasting face […]

Columns

The story of Father Baptista de Segura and the Virginia martyrs

February 18, 2022 Dr. Christopher Shannon 4

The history of the state of Virginia offers few opportunities to reflect on the glories of the Catholic past. Its founding moments are primarily reminders of great Catholic defeats. The original English settlement of Jamestown […]

Columns

The roots of de-Christianization and the commercialization of Christmas

December 31, 2021 Dr. Christopher Shannon 9

“Happy Holidays” has transformed the seasonal greeting of “Merry Christmas” into a defiant statement of Christian identity. The oft accompanying warning to “Keep Christ in Christmas!” only further chills the warmth of what should be […]

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