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Rodney Stinson’s See, Judge, Act: Caroline Chisholm’s Lay Apostolate begins by reviewing the See, Judge, Act method formulated by Father Joseph Cardijn early in the twentieth century. The method was the defining feature of the Young Christian Workers (YCW) movement, which he founded, providing lucidity, cohesion and relevance to the members’ participation in the lay apostolate of the Catholic Church. The author recommends practice of the method to individuals, pairs and groups, with the objective of Christianizing society or otherwise transforming it.

What might appear to be a novel extension of the See, Judge, Act method has an historical precedent in the life and work of Caroline Chisholm. Although she died decades before the method’s formulation, the author argues she implemented “something very like the see, judge, act principles” and did so implicitly. There are seven chapters with extracts from Mrs Chisholm’s own writing and comments and questions that are directed at illustrating and understanding that use.  These chapters and the one dealing with the parable of the Good Samaritan, whose service and purity of motive she ardently desired and imitated, are suitable for learning or revitalizing this perennially new, yet ever old, practice.

As Professor John Molony writes in the Foreword: “To Caroline Chisholm and Joseph Cardijn, we owe much. Our debt is simply repaid. Let us begin to See, Judge, Act in our daily lives.”

The library reference data for this 50-page resource book are ISBN 9780975601877 pdk and Dewey Number 306.682.

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Unfeigned Love: Historical Accounts of Caroline Chisholm and Her Work, written by Rodney Stinson, is published by Yorkcross Pty Ltd. The book of 192 pages contains valuable source materials, including Caroline Chisholm’s own writing, 21 illustrations, and introductory chapters and notes that put the materials into context and indicate their main significance. The library reference data for the book are ISBN 9780975601846 pdk and Dewey Number 994.02.

Unfeigned Love is a very useful collection of source materials, almost all of which have long been out of print or otherwise unavailable. It includes Caroline Chisholm’s most interesting book, Female Immigration Considered, which deals with the stated topic and the operation of the female immigrants’ home in Sydney in 1841-42; correspondence showing the initial misgivings of colonial clergy to the home’s establishment; the Rev. John Dunmore Lang’s sectarian attack on Caroline Chisholm in 1846 and her superb response; the main memoirs from the early 1850s, relating her life and work to that time, interlaced with many anecdotes about bush life and colonial personalities; and articles published between 1909 and 1916 that cover similar ground and promote her saintly (that is, challenging, worthy and spiritual) qualities. To assist today’s readers, the book also has sub-headings and an index for Female Immigration Considered, in addition to informative introductory chapters and notes specially written for the various historical accounts.