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2 weeks ago | 
catholicworldreport.com | Christopher Shannon |Carl Olson
(Image: Ryoji Iwata / Unsplash.com)My previous article on history and nationalism elicited far more responses than I had anticipated. What I saw simply as a window into one aspect of American Catholic intellectual life seems to have touched a nerve with some readers. This month’s column leads me unexpectedly into yet another encounter with nationalism. I was drawn to review William T.
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Mar 16, 2025 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Christopher Shannon |Carl Olson
The story of two Irish American city boys and an urban Catholic parishJohn and Joe Dady grew up in the decades following World War II in the Tenth Ward of Rochester, New York, a part of the city that was dominated by Holy Rosary parish. (Image: Starry Night Publishing / starrynightpublishing.com)It is March. St. Patrick’s Day season is upon us.
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Dec 23, 2024 | 
onnj.com | Christopher Shannon
By Christopher Shannon high school sports , ice hockey , Jefferson , Kinnelon , KJS United , NJ sports , Pequannock , Pompton Lakes , Sparta , West Milford Image 1 of 24 Action from a high school ice hockey game between KJS United and West Milford/Pequannock on Dec. 22, 2024. (Photo by Christopher Shannon/OnNJ Sports) Braydon Sisco notched two goals, and two assists, to help KJS United overpower West Milford/Pequannock, 7-0, during a game as part of the Ice Vault Classic on Dec. 22, 2024....
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
onnj.com | Christopher Shannon
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Fairleigh Dickinson men’s basketball team fell to Army West Point, 84-70, Thursday night in what could ultimately be described as a game of runs. While FDU showed grit, and continued to fight throughout the contest, it was ultimately two Army runs that did the Knights in.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
onnj.com | Christopher Shannon
By Christopher ShannonGovernor Livingston , high school sports , NJ sports , NJSIAA , Old Tappen , volleyball Image 1 of 19 Old Tappen celebrates their 2024 NJSIAA Girls Volleyball Group 2 State Championship.
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Nov 18, 2024 | 
onnj.com | Christopher Shannon
By Christopher Shannon Butler , football , high school sports , Jersey sports , Mountain Lakes , NJ sports , NJSIAA , playoffs Image 1 of 29 Butler celebrates winning the 2024 NJSIAA Football North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 Championship. (Photo by Christopher Shannon/OnNJ Sports) Butler racked up 352 yards of total offense while the Bulldog defense held Mountain Lakes to just 125 total yards as Butler downed the Lakers, 42-7, to win the 2024 NJSIAA Football North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1...
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
onnj.com | Christopher Shannon
The William Paterson and Stockton women’s volleyball teams won their respective matches to advance to the New Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC) Tournament championship game. Stockton Downs Montclair State in Five SetsDown 2-1 after three sets, Stockton rallied to win sets four and five to top Montclair State 3-2 (25-14, 20-25, 23-25, 25-18, 16-14) in the NJAC Women’s Volleyball Tournament semifinals.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
onnj.com | Christopher Shannon
By Christopher Shannon field hockey , high school sports , NJ sports , NJSIAA , playoffs , West Essex , West Morris Image 1 of 23 Action from the 2024 NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 2 Field Hockey Championship game between West Essex and West Morris. (Photo by Christopher Shannon/OnNJ Sports) Sophia Sisco recorded a goal and an assist to help lead No. 2 West Essex to a 3-0 victory over No. 19 West Morris in the 2024 NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 2 Championship game. This year’s sectional tile marked...
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
onnj.com | Christopher Shannon
Christopher is the Photo Editor at OnNJ Sports. You can often find Christopher along the sidelines at sporting events in Northern Jersey, or at West Point photographing athletic, and other, events there. So far, Christopher’s favorite events that he has had the opportunity to cover include Penn State football White Out games and Army-Navy football games.
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Nov 10, 2024 | 
catholicworldreport.com | Christopher Shannon |Russell Shaw
Étienne Gilson and post-conciliar theologyBiographer Florian Michel sees Gilson’s brand of Thomism as an inspiration for the two figures identified most with advancing an authentic interpretation of the Council: John Paul II and Benedict XVI. Etienne Gilson (1884-1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy, as well as a scholar of medieval philosophy, known for his many works on the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas.
