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Timothy Radcliffe OP is one of the foremost spiritual writers in the Dominican tradition in the English speaking world. His works include the award winning What is the point of Being a Christian, the Seven Last Words, I Call You Friends and Why Go to Church - The Drama of the Eucharist which was selected by the Archbishop of Canterbury as the Lent Book of 2009.

Fr. Timothy Radcliffe will be in Singapore from 12 to 23 November.

Nov 09, SPI Newsletter: The self-centred Christian, the Catholic know-it-all-snob, the private Christian or even the most staunch scripture-quoting Sunday mass congregation are unlikely to turn the pages of this stirring and in-your-face-title “Why Go to Church - The Drama of the Eucharist”  without learning and picking up something new.

Read Jenny Ang's review on "Church Fathers", a book compilation of Pope Benedict XVI’s catecheses [teachings] at his weekly General Audience with the public from March 2007 to February 2008.

Dear readers,

With the celebration of the birth of Jesus just behind us and a new year filled with uncertainties and anxieties ahead of us, it is an opportune time to re-focus our lives on our Lord Jesus.  Jesus had said to his disciples and is saying to us now: “Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide all these other things.” (Matt 6:33).  Let’s take the humble step to organise our lives in accordance with this priority that Jesus is asking of us.

Before his ascension to papacy, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger (now Pope Benedict XVI) wrote a number of books. Jenny Ang introduces us to some of his writings.

Dear readers,

I would like to start a monthly column to introduce you to some of the writings of Pope Benedict XVI, a number of which were written by him before his papacy as Joseph Ratzinger or Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.

The Pope has been said by many to be an original thinker and an outstanding theologian with a refreshing approach to many issues facing the Church and us as Christians.