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A Deacon’s Reflection
The Catholic Permanent Deacon, restored by Vatican II, has not yet been clearly defined and comprehensively understood by the Church throughout her various structures. This book is a simple contribution to a universal process of defining and understanding who the Catholic Permanent Deacon is – his identity, role and relationship – and what this means for the Church moving forward. This book is both helpful and challenging, as it should be.
Many books have been written on the subject of the Catholic Permanent Deacon, but this is the first book to be written by a Permanent Deacon from Africa on this subject. While not professing to be an expert, he brings his lived faith experience combined with a cultivated knowledge of his ministry and profound spiritual insights to a work that sheds much-needed light on a clerical Order that remains mysterious to and poorly understood by many in the Catholic Church. -
Transformation in Black & White
Fr Lindani Zwane, in his 25th year as a priest, has written this excellent little book about his experiences of transformation and change in the Catholic Church in South Africa, following the nation’s transformation to democracy.
It is a heartfelt and sincere examination of the joys and challenges facing a black priest in a multicultural environment.
He experienced the satisfaction of succeeding in making his local church more alive, being supported in this process by many, but also finding others opposing him, some leaving the parish and a few even leaving the Catholic Church. Change can create tensions, misunderstanding and conflict.
The book is Fr Linda’s “Examen of Consciousness” (Examination of Conscience) and a reflection of his own journey of spiritual growth. He hopes the book will come in handy to someone who might just be in need of this comfort of knowing, and the assurance that it is normal to go through these experiences in the course of one’s life journey and leadership.
