With Jesus in the suburbs
MY WALK WITH JESUS, by Gilbert MacDonald. Published by Melrose Books, Cambridgeshire. 2008. 186pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton The Cape...
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Missionary journey
EMPANDENI INTERLUDE 1899-1903, Journal of a Woman Missionary. Transcribed and edited by Sr Brigid Rose Tiernan. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg. 2008....
Divinity in poetry
THROUGH THE UNKNOWN REMEMBERED GATE by Margaret Blackie. New Voices Publishing, Cape Town. 2008. 145pp. AGE IS A BEAUTIFUL PHASE...
Getting sick from hands at Mass?
We shake hands at Mass with all sorts of people. Then the sacred host is put in the same hands...
John Henry Newman
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN: A Mind Alive, by Roderick Strange. Dartman, Longman and Todd, London. 2008. 158pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
Benediction downgraded?
I have been told that the modern Church has downgraded the old-style worship of the Blessed Sacrament, such as in...
For the Sake of Silence – Michael Cawood Green
FOR THE SAKE OF SILENCE, by Michael Cawood Green. Published by Umuzi, Cape Town. 2008. 558pp. Reviewed by Michael Shackleton
Why do young Catholics go Pentecostal?
Why is it that so many young people, including Catholics, are attracted to join the Pentecostal churches such as the...
The enduring miracle of Lourdes
One hundred and fifty years ago this month, on February 11, 1858, a 14-year old French girl, Bernadette Soubirous, saw...
