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 institution…the Black Friar Tuck…the Black Ghetto Santa Claus…Milwaukee’s greatest humanitarian….a beggar and a provider … a Mother Theresa Type with no hidden agenda…a preacher and theatrical director… a gambler and a chain smoker….a modern day Ghandi…an Ecclesastical pimp…a pimp for Christ…The Star of Walnut Street… the hood’s Robin Hood…a 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…