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  • LIFE STORY 1935-1975
    • 1. Learning to survive
      • origins
      • into gaping jaws
      • from the pincers of death
      • my father
      • my mother
      • my rules for survival
    • 2. Thinking for myself
      • seeking love
      • learning to think
      • what kind of priest?
      • training for battle
      • clash of minds
      • lessons on the way to India
    • 3.1 MISSION IN INDIA – building ‘church’
      • St John’s Seminary Hyderabad
      • Andhra Pradesh
      • Jyotirmai – spreading light
      • Indian Liturgy
      • Sisters’ Formation in Jeevan Jyothi
      • Helping the poor
    • 3.2 MISSION IN INDIA – creating media
      • Amruthavani
      • Background to the Gospels
      • Storytelling
      • Bible translation
      • Film on Christ: Karunamayudu
      • The illustrated life of Christ
    • 3.3 MISSION IN INDIA – ‘body’
      • spotting the octopus
      • the challenge
      • screwed up sex guru
      • finding God in a partner?
      • my code for sex and love
  • LIFE STORY 1976-1998
    • 4. Mill Hill Society
      • My job at Mill Hill
      • Recruitment and Formation
      • The future of mission
      • Returned Missionaries
      • Brothers and Associates
    • 5.1 HOUSETOP LONDON
      • Planning my work
      • Teaching
      • Pakistan
      • Biblical Spirituality
      • Searching God in our modern world
      • ARK2 Christian Television
    • 5.2 RELIGIOUS SECTS
      • Sects & Cults
      • Wisdom from the East?
      • Masters of Deception
    • 5.3 VIDEO COURSES
      • Faith formation through video
      • Our Spirituality Courses
      • Walking on Water
      • My Galilee My People
      • Together in My Name
      • I Have No Favourites
      • How to Make Sense of God
  • LIFE STORY 1999-2025
    • 6. My Resignation
      • Preamble
      • Publicity
      • Reaction in India
      • Mill Hill responses
      • The Vatican
    • 7. JACKIE
      • childhood
      • youth and studies
      • finding God
      • Mission in India
      • Housetop apostolate
      • poetry
      • our marriage
      • tribute to Jackie
  • JACKIE’S MEMORIAL
    • Jackie’s life story
    • Jackie’s Art
    • Jackie’s eye for Nature
    • Photographs of Jackie
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  • HOME
    • Our vision
    • Jackie’s Memorial Archive
    • Levensgeschiedenis
    • Videos
    • Fotoalbums
  • PUBLICATIONS
    • Academic Books
    • Books on Spirituality
    • Videos
    • Articles
    • Fiction & Screenplays
    • Pamphlets and Chapters
    • Educational websites
  • LIFE STORY 1935-1975
    • 1. Learning to survive
      • origins
      • into gaping jaws
      • from the pincers of death
      • my father
      • my mother
      • my rules for survival
    • 2. Thinking for myself
      • seeking love
      • learning to think
      • what kind of priest?
      • training for battle
      • clash of minds
      • lessons on the way to India
    • 3.1 MISSION IN INDIA – building ‘church’
      • St John’s Seminary Hyderabad
      • Andhra Pradesh
      • Jyotirmai – spreading light
      • Indian Liturgy
      • Sisters’ Formation in Jeevan Jyothi
      • Helping the poor
    • 3.2 MISSION IN INDIA – creating media
      • Amruthavani
      • Background to the Gospels
      • Storytelling
      • Bible translation
      • Film on Christ: Karunamayudu
      • The illustrated life of Christ
    • 3.3 MISSION IN INDIA – ‘body’
      • spotting the octopus
      • the challenge
      • screwed up sex guru
      • finding God in a partner?
      • my code for sex and love
  • LIFE STORY 1976-1998
    • 4. Mill Hill Society
      • My job at Mill Hill
      • Recruitment and Formation
      • The future of mission
      • Returned Missionaries
      • Brothers and Associates
    • 5.1 HOUSETOP LONDON
      • Planning my work
      • Teaching
      • Pakistan
      • Biblical Spirituality
      • Searching God in our modern world
      • ARK2 Christian Television
    • 5.2 RELIGIOUS SECTS
      • Sects & Cults
      • Wisdom from the East?
      • Masters of Deception
    • 5.3 VIDEO COURSES
      • Faith formation through video
      • Our Spirituality Courses
      • Walking on Water
      • My Galilee My People
      • Together in My Name
      • I Have No Favourites
      • How to Make Sense of God
  • LIFE STORY 1999-2025
    • 6. My Resignation
      • Preamble
      • Publicity
      • Reaction in India
      • Mill Hill responses
      • The Vatican
    • 7. JACKIE
      • childhood
      • youth and studies
      • finding God
      • Mission in India
      • Housetop apostolate
      • poetry
      • our marriage
      • tribute to Jackie
  • JACKIE’S MEMORIAL
    • Jackie’s life story
    • Jackie’s Art
    • Jackie’s eye for Nature
    • Photographs of Jackie

Fiction & Screenplays by John Wijngaards

Home Fiction & Screenplays by John Wijngaards
ONLINE • AMRUTHA. What the Pope’s man found out about the Law of Nature, Author House 2011. More information here. UK edition

• Film Script for JOURNEY TO THE CENTRE OF LOVE, a 2 1/2 hour TV film about two young people who are seeking God in a secular world.

The Film has won three international awards: the Grand Prix at the Catholic Film Festival in Warsaw (1995), a Bronze Award at the Film Fest Houston (May 1997) and the prestigious Chris Award at the Columbus Film Festival (October 1997).

• FOR THE SAKE OF HIS PEOPLE (novel), McCrimmons, Great Wakering 1990, 219 pgs. UK edition

• Scripts for nine 30-minute short stories for the educational WALKING ON WATER Video Series (1990-1992).

The original stories were filmed in the UK, Colombia, Indonesia, Brazil, and Kenya. Twelve language editions have since been produced in various countries: Chinese, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, English, Hindi, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese and Spanish.

One of the stories, RESPECTING GOD’S IMAGE, won a Certificate of Merit at the International OCIC Video Festival in Driebergen (1993).

• Script for JESUS CHRIST, A Pictorial Life of Christ in the Amar Chitra Katha Illustrated Biographies series, India Book House, Bombay 1980, 96 pgs.

The English has seen many reprints. Other Indian language editions in Gujarati, Hindi, Kannara, Konkani, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu and Tamil. Lugandan edition, Jinja Uganda 1983.

• THE BLACK FISH MYSTERY, short story, under the pseudonym of Neville Wilder, P.Noordhoff N.V.-Groningen 1955, 36 pp.

Overview of all publications:

  1. Academic books
  2. Spirituality for a wider audience
  3. Articles in magazines and newspapers
  4. Fiction / books & screen plays
  5. Pamphlets & Chapters in Books

THE STORY OF MY LIFE

  • » FOREWORD
  • » Part One. LEARNING TO SURVIVE
  • » origins
  • » into gaping jaws
  • » from the pincers of death
  • » my father
  • » my mother
  • » my rules for survival
  • » Part Two. SUBMIT TO CLERICAL DOGMA — OR THINK FOR MYSELF?
  • » seeking love
  • » learning to think
  • » what kind of priest?
  • » training for battle
  • » clash of minds
  • » lessons on the way to India
  • » Part Three (1). INDIA - building 'church'
  • » St John's Seminary Hyderabad
  • » Andhra Pradesh
  • » Jyotirmai – spreading light
  • » Indian Liturgy
  • » Sisters' Formation in Jeevan Jyothi
  • » Helping the poor
  • » Part Three (2). INDIA – creating media
  • » Amruthavani
  • » Background to the Gospels
  • » Storytelling
  • » Bible translation
  • » Film on Christ: Karunamayudu
  • » The illustrated life of Christ
  • » Part Three (3). INDIA - redeeming 'body'
  • » spotting the octopus
  • » the challenge
  • » screwed up sex guru
  • » finding God in a partner?
  • » my code for sex and love
  • » Part Four. MILL HILL SOCIETY
  • » My job at Mill Hill
  • » The future of missionary societies
  • » Recruitment and Formation
  • » Returned Missionaries
  • » Brothers and Associates
  • » Part Five. HOUSETOP LONDON
  • » Planning my work
  • » Teaching teaching
  • » Pakistan
  • » Biblical Spirituality
  • » Searching God in our modern world
  • » ARK2 Christian Television
  • » Part Five (2) New Religious Movements
  • » Sects & Cults
  • » Wisdom from the East?
  • » Masters of Deception
  • » Part Five (3). VIDEO COURSES
  • » Faith formation through video
  • » Our Spirituality Courses
  • » Walking on Water
  • » My Galilee My People
  • » Together in My Name
  • » I Have No Favourites
  • » How to Make Sense of God
  • » Part Six (1). RESIGNATION
  • » Publicity
  • » Preamble
  • » Reaction in India
  • » Mill Hill responses
  • » The Vatican
  • » Part 6 (2). JACKIE
  • » childhood
  • » youth and studies
  • » finding God
  • » Mission in India
  • » Housetop apostolate
  • » poetry
  • » our marriage

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