The soundtrack of silence
In 1984 a German filmmaker asked the Carthusian grand prior whether he might film the contemplative monks of the order’s […]
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Perspectives Simmermacher
Books Reviews
The Admiral’s Wife – Fr Kevin Reynolds
The Admiral’s Wife and Other Stories: Reflections and Reminiscences, by Fr Kevin Reynolds. Self-published. 2007. 87pp. Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher
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Books Reviews
Mary Magdalen – The essential history
MARY MAGDALEN: The Essential History, by Susan Haskins. Random House, Houghton. 2006. 518pp. Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher
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Year-End Review
Year-end Review 2006
JANUARY 2006 The Vatican Congregation for Evangelisation reveals that 27 Catholic missionaries were killed in 2005. In his first encyclical,
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Books Reviews
Rabble-rouse for Peace
RABBLE-ROUSER FOR PEACE: The Authorised Biography of Desmond Tutu, by John Allen. Random House, Johannesburg. 2006. 481pp. Reviewed by Gunther
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Pilgrimages
1: Unique journeys to God
When 45 people meet at Johannesburg airport to embark on a pilgrimage to the Holy Land and Italy (with travel-imposed
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Pilgrimages
2: Graces in Galilee
The area around the Sea of Galilee (or Sea of Gennesaret, as the evangelist Luke called it) is my favourite
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Pilgrimages
3: Where rank will not impress
The road to the magnificent Barluzzi-designed church atop Mount Tabor  the site of the transfiguration snakes and winds by way
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