Funny insights: Bernadette Spitzer illuminates church life

Funny insights: Bernadette Spitzer illuminates church life

Recently, the author Bernadette Spitzer celebrated the publication of her second book, which includes a collection of amusing anecdotes from the parish and religious life. The stories that she has put together are located in different places and range from churches to hairdressing salons to football fields. One of the curious stories is about the church bells in Ebensee, which prove to be "rescuers in need" and an amusing confusion of a pastor with a burglar. In addition, the cabaret artist Michael Niavarani also contributed an episode to the work. The humorous design of the book is accompanied by the illustrations of the artist David Kassl.

Bernadette Spitzer is not only a theologian, but also a journalist at Radio Klassik Stephansdom. Her connections to Upper Austria are deeply rooted because she often visited the region in the Salzkammergut through her father, who comes from Ebensee. Today a large part of her family still lives there, and Spitzer has taken over her father's parents' house. These personal background flow into the stories of the book and show a warm connection to their “fatherly” home region.

Prominente Buchpräsentation

The solemn idea of "pray, pastor!" took place in the ballroom of the Archbishop's Palace in Vienna, an event that was made possible by Cardinal Christoph Schönborn. Pastor Toni Faber, who contributed some of the stories for the book, emphasized in his speech that there was definitely space for humor in the venerable institution Church. The actress Barbara Wussow, who performed selected anecdotes, announced that she wanted to use the book as a Christmas present. From now on it is "pray, pastor!" im Buchhandel sowie online erhältlich und verspricht, Leserinnen und Lesern einige unterhaltsame Stunden zu bescheren. For more information and backgrounds on these amusing stories, see the article www.tips.at .