Research has shown some interesting health benefits enjoyed by people who practice gratitude. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreJuly 15, 2019
We are blessed at the Irish Chaplaincy with some wonderful volunteers and it was not easy to have to choose just one of them to nominate for the Irish in…
Eddie GilmoreJune 5, 2019
A highlight of my walking week in Portugal was having a beer with a group of ten Spanish people and singing Irish songs with them on request. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreMay 24, 2019
As I was told of the death, at the age of 90, of Jean Vanier, founder of L’Arche, there immediately came to mind my favourite story connected with the great…
Eddie GilmoreMay 13, 2019
My friend Richard and I first met when we were part of the group of new assistants at L’Arche Kent at the end of the 1980s, a group which included…
Eddie GilmoreApril 15, 2019
Irish Chaplaincy is looking for a Chair of its Board of Trustees, at this, an exciting period of development for the charity. For further details see: Chair JDDownload If interested,…
Eddie GilmoreApril 11, 2019
When coming away from my regular visit to one of our Irish Chaplaincy Seniors I was reflecting on how uplifted I felt and how it had to do, in part,…
Eddie GilmoreApril 10, 2019
We’re barely half-way into Lent and I was starting to think ‘what’s the point of it’ and ‘shouldn’t I be feeling more spiritual and Lent-like’ (whatever that’s supposed to feel…
Eddie GilmoreMarch 29, 2019
I was at mass in Maynooth with the Irish Catholic bishops and the gospel reading for the first Monday in Lent was especially apt: (more…)
Eddie GilmoreMarch 15, 2019
