The Patient John Gordon

The Patient John Gordon

Fr Bobby Gilmore recalls John Gordon’s patient and compassionate approach within the faith community in Chester Castle in Jamaica, including his deft handing of one member intent on ‘policing’ the faith of others. I am the good shepherd. I know my...
Christmas Visitors

Christmas Visitors

Fr Bobby Gilmore recalls an unexpected arrival on Christmas day and challenges us to ask who is being excluded this Christmas?   Just as we are never sure that we love God unless we love our fellow men and women, so too are we never sure that we have love at all...
Remembering

Remembering

Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, Fr Bobby Gilmore recalls the toll World War I took on his granduncle who was gassed while serving with the US military.  They were young and vibrant full of awe they waved him off to war to end all wars. One a young wife the other a...
Two Cubans

Two Cubans

Cuba is in the midst of an economic crisis. Sanctions and the Covid-19 pandemic have led to deteriorating living conditions, electricity outages and acute shortages of food and medicine. Fr Bobby Gilmore recalls the day when Cubans Juan and Ada turned up on his door...
Haiti – Is There Life Before Death?

Haiti – Is There Life Before Death?

In light of President Jovenel Moise’s assassination, Fr Bobby Gilmore reflects on Haiti’s vulnerability, endless underdevelopment and destitution. ‘Haitianisation’ has a long shadow, he suggests.   A runaway slave was, in fact a thief since he stolen his...