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...
21st Century Mission

21st Century Mission

Immigrants are the energy band in today’s world. They energise economies at home by their remittances and away by their energy and ingenuity, writes Fr Bobby Gilmore.  “A Christian world and a world yet to be evangelised. That situation no longer exists. The people...
“You know, they’re not as young as they used to be”

“You know, they’re not as young as they used to be”

Fr Bobby Gilmore recalls a visit to see his parents in the 1980s when he met a neighbour and the conversation forced him to think about the conundrum of where is home? You know… There is an instant when one is about to leave home in which an image of where one is...