Tag Archives: Gil Bailie

Free Revelation, and a Poetic entrée to Holy Week…

Posted on April 12, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

As an Easter gift to those who find our work of interest we are offering to everyone stopping by our website the opportunity to listen to an MP3 audio file of Gil Bailie’s Reflections on the Flannery O’Connor’s Short Story … Continue reading →

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Feb 1st & 2nd at DSPT: The Role of the Laity in the Church

Posted on January 25, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

    Gil Bailie will be one of the featured speakers at the Dominican School of Philosophy and Theology in Berkeley at the 10th annual convocation of the College of Fellows held on Friday and Saturday February 1st and 2nd. … Continue reading →

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What is Orthodoxy?

Posted on January 16, 2019 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Gil Bailie reviews a recent release from Angelico Press: This is an immensely important work which has the potential of enriching and deepening the ecumenical conversation. The scholarly density of the text is regularly interrupted by almost breathtaking moments of … Continue reading →

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Paradox

Posted on December 11, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

In the Gospel reading for Monday of the Second week of Advent Jesus heals a paralytic who has been lowered down through the ceiling of the crowded room where Our Lord has been teaching. It is a well-known story. Luke … Continue reading →

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A Recent Review of God’s Gamble

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

It has been over two years since Gil Bailie’s book God’s Gamble: The Gravitational Power of Crucified Love was published by Angelico Press. In that period the book has been reviewed a number of times, most recently by Fr. Dwight … Continue reading →

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A Simon of Cyrene Opportunity – Earning a Place in the Story

Posted on November 30, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Gil Bailie recently gave a presentation to the priests and seminarians of St. Patrick’s University and Seminary in Menlo Park. A decade ago St. Patrick’s was one of the stops on the traveling road show of the Emmaus Road Initiative. … Continue reading →

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Bells & Whistles and Our Annual Plea for Support

Posted on November 17, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

        The ‘Fall Appeal’, which you may read by following the link,  is our annual foray into fundraising and was once described to me as a “begging letter”. I prefer the phrase, “mendicant missive” myself. Alliteration aside, … Continue reading →

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New Items from the Archives & Notes on a New Perspective

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

When Gil Bailie first encountered the work of René Girard in the mid-1980s he had for years been hosting weekly gatherings for discussion of classics from the Western literary and spiritual tradition. These discussions became over time more in the … Continue reading →

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Summer Newsletter & Complimentary Download – King Lear Pt 4

Posted on August 11, 2018 by Randy Coleman-Riese

Here in California it looks like we are in for another difficult and dangerous fire season. The skies are again hazy with the smoke of numerous not too distant blazes. As we pray for those who fight the fires and … Continue reading →

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Directions

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Gil Bailie

Back when I was traveling from city to city giving talks, I had the luxury of looking into the faces of those with whom I was in conversation. In fact, it was this that both sustained and energized me during … Continue reading →

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