At the summit of Daechongbong, the highest peak of Korea’s Sorak mountain range, Yim Soon and I got chatting to a young Norwegian man who looked like he had sprinted…
Eddie GilmoreJuly 26, 2022
Time's Arrow is in Full Flight It has come as something of a shock to discover that we are now half way through the year! The longest day has passed…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnJuly 5, 2022
I had the great good fortune to be in the French Alps for the tenth time and I learnt a new Hebrew word that neatly summed up the multitude of…
Eddie GilmoreJune 22, 2022
Time For a Few Small Repairs Now that Trinity Sunday has passed, we are into that long sweep of what in liturgical terms is called “Ordinary Time”. This stretch of…
Fr. Gerry McFlynnJune 17, 2022
A new story I heard about the Irish coming over to England in the post-war years shed light on a question my parents often asked me. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreJune 9, 2022
It had been described as ‘An evening of the vibrant sounds of modern Ireland,’ and having been to the previous ‘Imagining Ireland’ concert at the Barbican I knew we’d be…
Eddie GilmoreJune 1, 2022
Handing Over - Ascension and Pentecost It must have been a very difficult day for them. A sad one, too. He had told them they should be glad. “Because”, he…
Irish ChaplaincyMay 30, 2022
I was attending a reception at the South African Embassy in honour of the great work of a centre in Durban which reaches out to some of the poorest and…
Eddie GilmoreMay 23, 2022
Space can be scary, which explains perhaps why we go to such great lengths to fill it. (more…)
Eddie GilmoreMay 16, 2022
