DEEPENING FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD: Daily Reflections for Lent, by Anthony Egan SJ, Trevor Hudson & Russell Pollitt SJ. Jesuit Institute SA, Johannesburg (2017). 129pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher More Stories: Finding St Francis in...
A STILL AND QUIET CONSCIENCE: The Archbishop who challenged a Pope, a President and a Church: A Life of Raymond G Hunthausen, by John McCoy, Orbis Books (2015). 288pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney More...
A VOICE WITHIN CHURCH AND SOCIETY: A Personal Anthology, by Michael Nuttall. Cluster Publications, Pietermaritzburg, 2015. 262 pp. Reviewed by Fr Kevin Reynolds More Stories: Finding St Francis in SA today How Jansen turned around...
LEADING FOR CHANGE: Race, Intimacy and Leadership on Divided University Campuses, by Jonathan Jansen. Routledge, 2016. 227pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney More Stories: Finding St Francis in SA today How God’s Spirit is with us...
ST FRANCIS UNCENSORED, by Patrick Noonan OFM. Choice Publishing, Ireland. 2016. 197pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher Seconds after Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, the Jesuit archbishop of Buenos Aires, was elected pope in March 2013, his...
SANCTIFYING THE SPIRIT, by Julia Beacroft. Sancio Books, UK. 2016. 390pp Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher Regular readers of The Southern Cross will have read Julia Beacroft’s occasional columns which tie feast days of the...
FAITH & JOY: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Priest, by Fernando Cardenal SJ. Orbis Books, US. 2015. 254pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney This is an extraordinary story of an extraordinary man. It begins at the...
“Cracks in the Sidewalk” by Tony Magliano. Eastern Christian Publications (Fairfax, Va., 2015). 28 pp By Loretta Nemeth More Stories: A township priest in the struggle
PERHAPS GOD: Wisdom Through the Gift of Disability, by Larry Kaufmann CSsR. Redemptorist Pastoral Publications, Johannesburg, 2015. 66pp. R80 Reviewed by Michael Shackleton Anyone who has experienced a mission or retreat preached by the...
THE BEER BOOK, by Holger Meier. The Frog Trust, 2014. 303 pp. Reviewed by Gunther Simmermacher For centuries, brewing beer was the domain of monks. Many monasteries in Europe had breweries, and the monks...
WALK WITH JESUS: Stations of the Cross, by Fr Henri Nouwen. Orbis Books, 2015, 98pp Reviewed by Paddy Kearney More Stories: How God’s Spirit is with us all the time A Christian life to...
ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE CHURCH, POLITICS AND ECONOMICS, by Fr Dr Nhlanhla T Mchunu. St John Vianney Seminary NPC, Pretoria. 2015 Reviewed by Fr S’milo Mngadi We often hear people saying...
