Audio Books

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A ZIP file will download to your device. The file contains MP3 (sound) files. One contains the whole book; the other files are the book's sections or chapters. Click (or double-click) the main ZIP file to unzip the files into a folder on your device. You can then open that folder and click any MP3 file to play through your device's sound system.

John Bradburne

A saint for our time

Read by: David Crystal
Audio length: 2:02:45
File format: ZIP (contains MP3 files)
Price: £5

This is the revision of a booklet first published by JBMS in the 1990s, updated in 2003 by Fr Tim Peacock, who works at a missionart centre in Zimbabwe. It provides a succinct account of the life of John Bradburne: his childhood in Cumbria, army life during World War 2, conversion and early years seeking a vocation, and travels to Rome and Jerusalem. The second half of the booklet tells the story of his move to missionry work in Africa, his arrival and life at Mutemwa, culminating in his assassination, funeral, and the first of what would be many miracles assocted with his name.

John Bradburne

Hornbeam

Read by: David Crystal
Audio length: 2:29:26
File format: ZIP (contains MP3 files, 28 pictures)
Price: £6

Hornbeam - a nickname John gave himself - is a short biography compiled by the Memorial Society in 2019, and reprinted in 2023. It provides a much more detailed account of the events in John's life than in A Saint for Our Time, especially of the difficulties he faced during his time at Mutemwa, and of the events leading up to his death. There are numerous anecdotes and reminiscences from people who knew him. One file contains the whole book; others are of the individual chapters, for ease of reference. (If you already have the booklet, the long chapters there on Africa and Mutemwa have been divided into sections, for ease of listening.) There is also a photo file containing the pictures used in the booklet, labelled in relation to each chapter.