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Chasing the Wild Dream

WeeklyReflection ,

I reached one of the big ‘Os’ on my recent birthday.  For some reason there was a striking similarity in the themes of the cards I received.  Most of them were urging me into a new phase of rather desperate self-expression and risky escapades.  There were pictures of breath-taking bungee-jumping, parachuting out of airplanes, and death-defying goats leaping perilously across yawning chasms.  I unwrapped a T-shirt recalling Jack Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’ in bright red […]

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Chasing the Wild Dream

Liturgical Year, WeeklyReflection

One Easter the Harley-Davidson annual gathering took place in Killarney near where I was born.  Instead of avoiding the noisy, crowded town on that week-end as many had supposed, the local people thronged the streets to see, and touch the silver, purring monsters.  Parents, grandparents and small children, excitedly or wistfully, were visibly stirred by these gleaming icons of human transcendence. I wondered about the source of our innate desire for adventure, for new vistas, […]

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Candlelight Fund

a lighted candle

A CAFOD candlelight fund in memory of Fr Daniel has been set up. All profits from 'An Astonishing Secret' will go to this fund. If you would like to contribute simply click on the button below and type Daniel O'Leary into the search box. You will then obtain more details.

Candlelight Fund for D J O'Leary

Dancing to my Death

Book cover for Dancing to my death

This is Fr Daniel's last book, only completed a few weeks before his death. This is also available from Columba books

Horizons of Hope

Available from 11th Feb 2021 from most good booksellers

cover of book

This new book comprises articles from The Tablet and notes found on Daniel's laptop after his death.

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