A Priest for Workers Looks Back
A PRIEST FOR WORKERS, by Father Joseph Falkiner OP. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg. 2021. 245pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher Born into a middle-class family in the goldmining town of Springs, Joseph...
Category: Books
Book-launch: Journey under the Southern Cross
Sr Brigid Rose Tiernan’s book ‘Journey under the Southern Cross, The Story of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur’ was launched at St Vincent’s School for...
Book Investigates the Lynching of SA Nun
BLOODY SUNDAY: The Nun, the Defiance Campaign and South Africa’s Secret Massacre, by Mignonne Breier. Tafelberg, Cape Town (2021). 285pp. Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher It requires courage and...
Bishop Graham Rose: Musings …in a Strange Time
Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher MUSINGS…In A Strange Time, by Bishop Graham Rose. SA Catholic Online Books (2021). 114 pp. Bishop Graham Rose likes a good conversation, but the opportunities...
How to Pray Well
This is an immense book on prayer, but don’t let the size of the volume intimidate you. Each and every page is worth reading.
Jo’burg Deacon Tells his Lifestory
BORN TO SERVE, by Walter Middleton. Write-On Publishing (2020). 243pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher A Johannesburg deacon has launched his memoirs which detail his journey from poverty...
Author Examines Key Issues Pope Francis’ Successor Must Face
By Agostino Bono – When it comes to influencing the next papal election, I trust the Holy Spirit over George Weigel. The Holy Spirit, though, is keeping his...
Handy book defines Catholic terms
DO YOU SPEAK CATHOLIC? The Little Book of Catholic Words: Definitions, Explanations and Illustrations. Compiled by Frank Nunan. SA Catholic Online Books. 2020. 117pp Reviewed by Günther...
A useful guide to the story of St Bernadette
LOURDES 2019, by Paul De Marco. Published by lulu.com. 2018. 168pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher In terms of annual visitors, Lourdes is the world’s third-biggest Marian shrine;...
Can business methods fix SA Church?
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH—200 YEARS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA: The Six Transitional Phases, by Marumagae Moshe. SA Catholic Online Books. 2019. 153pp. Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher South Africans “are...
Priest shows the way to ‘becoming love’
BECOME LOVE: Gradual Growth and Transformation from John to Francis, by Larry Kaufmann CSsR. Redemptorist Pastoral Publications. 2019. 180pp Reviewed by Tally Palmer I am writing at...
A township priest in the struggle
TOWNSHIP GOD: More Than Meets the Eyes, by Paddy Noonan OFM. Write-on Publishing, 2017. 244pp. R195 Reviewed by Mandla Zibi Although it might at first appear so,...
