Thomas J. Shelley reviews “Continental Ambitions” by
Thomas J. Shelley
Msgr. Thomas J. Shelley, a priest of the archdiocese of New York, is professor emeritus of church history at Fordham University.
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Missionary Witness
During the middle decades of the 20th century one of the best known Maryknoll priests in the United States was John J Considine who was widely admired for his books lectures and editorial supervision of Maryknoll rsquo s superlative mission magazine The Field Afar In 1963 Maryknoll rsquo s su
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They Led the Way
At a time when religious orders in the United States are in steep decline, a dose of perspective and encouragement.
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Marginal Spirituality
Eamon Duffy sets out to to trace a history written quite literally in the margins.
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Rebuilding Trust
An account of the sexual abuse crisis from a historian and former Franciscan provincial
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Beads of Power
There are fashions in devotion just as there are in secular life. But Mary, and the rosary, is different.