Raymond Friel, the new head of CSAN, told a story at the recent Directors meeting that made a strong impression on me. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreJanuary 17, 2022
I don’t know if it’s just me but I seem to spend large chunks of my life looking for things, big and small, and oftentimes searching in completely the wrong…
Eddie GilmoreJanuary 4, 2022
There are some Christian movements that shun the giving of Christmas presents. One such is Christian Science, whose founder Mary Baker Eddy told in a paper ‘The Theology of Christmas…
Eddie GilmoreDecember 20, 2021
The Advent Gospel reading on the day I had my ear syringed was especially apt! (more…)
Eddie GilmoreDecember 16, 2021
Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th Century German mystic, abbess, scientist, philosopher, writer and composer considered music to be ‘the highest form of human activity; mirroring the sounds of the spheres…
Eddie GilmoreDecember 6, 2021
A Benedictine Abbey and a German rock group: it was a curious juxtaposition with which to mark the beginning of the season of Advent and one of its most powerful…
Eddie GilmoreDecember 1, 2021
Music, perhaps more than anything else, has the power to transport us to another time and place. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreNovember 17, 2021
It was the first day of our Autumn holiday and I’d picked up a book about lovely, quirky words coined in the English language that had never made it into…
Eddie GilmoreNovember 11, 2021
My pre-Covid routines are returning one by one and I was looking forward to making an appearance at the re-opened Community Café at the Irish Centre, having been invited by…
Eddie GilmoreOctober 27, 2021
