Brother Booker Ashe: It's Amazing What The Lord Can Do

A biography of America's premier Black monk, aka Milwaukee's Ghetto Friar Tuck. Brother Booker Ashe was many things to many people. He was a famous clergyman, a civil rights leader, an inner city icon, a national black celebrity, a civic cornerstone, a chef, a theatrical buff, and a brother to all. Talented, charismatic, dynamic and multifaceted - everyone who met the man has a different story to tell.

America's premier black monk an inner city institutionthe Black Friar Tuckthe Black Ghetto Santa ClausMilwaukee's greatest humanitarian.a beggar and a provider a Mother Theresa Type with no hidden agendaa preacher and theatrical director a gambler and a chain smoker.a modern day Ghandian Ecclesastical pimpa pimp for ChristThe Star of Walnut Street the hood's Robin Hooda chef and artist.. a civil rights icon and proclaimer of love a man of effusive ebullient goodness a humble black man with a compelling voice of love...a sign of the revolution being accomplished in the Roman Catholic Church worldwide and in the Franciscan family... a Black man clad in brown robes taking Christ's teachings to the poor...a big man with a hearty laugh and a twinkle in his eye that belies the seriousness that underlies his life

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