John Wijngaards

• TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR CHURCH REFORM. Memoirs of a Catholic Priest, Acadian House Publishing, Lafayette USA, 2021.

Won a Catholic Press Association of America award in 2022. 

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• HOW TO MAKE SENSE OF GOD, Sheed & Ward (USA) and Housetop (UK) 1995.

Won a Catholic Press Association of America award in 1996. Indian edition in 1998. Has been translated into Dutch (Kok, Kampen 1999).

• Three biblical study books for
parishes and schools:

1. MY GALILEE, MY PEOPLE, Housetop 1990, 208 pgs.;
2. TOGETHER IN MY NAME, Housetop 1991, 208 pgs.;
3. I HAVE NO FAVOURITES, Housetop 1992, 208 pgs.

Local language editions of these books have been published in Finland, Denmark, the Netherlands, Poland, French Canada, Taiwan, Japan, Indonesia, India, Korea, the Philippines, Colombia, the USA (Paulist Press).

Reviewed in:  Sunday Plus, 9 July 1989, p. 1; Review for Contemplatives Autumn 1989.
‘GOD WITHIN US’ CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE

• INHERITING THE MASTER’S CLOAK, Creative Biblical Spirituality, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame, Indiana 1985, 191 pgs.

Indian Edition, ATC, Bangalore 1986; Chinese edition, Taipei 1987; Philippino edition, Divine Word Publications, Manila 1987. Won a Catholic Press Association Award for “Best Adult Spiritual Reading” (1986).

Reviewed in: Emmanuel 92 (1986) pp. 418-419; Spirituality Today Spring 1987, pp. 89-90; The Way January 1987, p. 70; Pulpit Digest 46 (1986) p. 442; Sisters Today March 1986, p. 421; Modern Liturgy 13 (1986) p. 32; Prairie Messenger 6 October 1986, p. 15; The Catholic SUN 30 July 1986; Zealandia 10 August 1986; St Cloud Visitor 31 October 1985.

Online sections of Jesus for Ever:

1. Faith and Science
2. Historicity of the Resurrection
3. Reliability of the Gospels
4. Who was Jesus?

‘JESUS FOR EVER’ CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE

• EXPERIENCING JESUS, “Scripture, the witness of saints and mystics, and a life of prayer show
the way”, Ave Maria Press, Notre Dame Indiana 1981 (2 printings totalling 26,000 copies), 176 pgs.

Published in India as Come and See, TPI, Bangalore 1981 (3 prints, 15,000 copies). Chinese edition, Hong Kong 1984; Philippino edition, Divine Word Publications, Manila 1987; Dutch edition, Unistad, Antwerp 1991.

Indian edition reviewed in: Indian Journal of Theology vol 30 (198o) pp.228-229; US edition RP Bookreview vol 5 (January 1982) no1, p.1; Book Nook February 1982, p. 1; The Priest, vol 38 (February 1982) p. 46; The Universe, April 23 1982; New Covenant, April 1982 pp.28-29; Good News, May 1982; Mississippi Today,  May 21, 1982, p.12; Homiletic & Pastoral Review, July 1982, pp. 78-79;  Theology Digest 1982 p. 100; Review of Books and Religion, vol 10 (1982) p. 13; Companion, January 1983 pp. 22-23.

Indian edition reviewed in ATC News 2 (1973) p. 18; New Leader 2s-9-1973; The Living Word 79 (1973) pp. 383-384; Clergy Monthly 38 (1973) pp. 89-90; Dutch edition De Bazuin 31 Januari 1975; Werkboek voor Liturgiegroepen 1975, p. 20; UK edition The Tablet 23 January 1982, p. 89; The Universe, 22 January 1982; The Clergy Review May 1982, pp. 226-227; Liturgy, vol 6 (1982) pp. 132-133; Word Event vol 13 (1983) p. 30.

• BACKGROUND TO THE GOSPELS, St. Paul’s Publications, New Delhi 1970; enlarged edition
by TPI, Bangalore 1978, 344 pgs. (in India 8 printings totalling 30,000 copies).

UK edition, McCrimmons, Great Wakering 1979 (3 printings); Indian local language editions in Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Hindi; USA edition, Servant Publications, Ann Arbor 1980; Pakistan edition (Urdu), Rawalpindi 1992.

1974 Indian edition reviewed in:  New Testament Abstracts 22 (1978) p. 215; 1980 UK edition The Tablet 26 April 1980; the Sower 4 (1980) pp. 6-8; Association of Religious Education 1980; 1983 US edition  Homiletic & Pastoral Review April 1984, pp. 78-79; Catholic Digest 1984.